Welcome to the Victorian Museums WikiProject!
This project had its origins in a Twitter conversation between @sayraphim and @mikejonesmelb in March 2018 about the number of Victorian museums with no Wikipedia page on the 'List of museums in Victoria (Australia) '. With International Museums Day a couple of months away, they decided to do something about it. As a result, they organised the first International Museums Day Edit-a-thon focused on Victorian Museums, with support from ACMI and ACMI-X, who provided the venue.
While the inaugural edit-a-thon was organised with the intention of kick-starting work, the project to improve coverage of Victorian museums on Wikipedia is ongoing. If you want to participate, you can include your name in the 'Members' section below.
Improve Wikipedia's coverage of Victorian museums and galleries.
Improve quality of existing articles on Victorian museums and galleries, including more detail and/or photos where necessary. The project covers all articles about museums in a wide range of disciplines and locations throughout Victoria, Australia. We are working mainly with these two lists: List of museums in Melbourne and List of museums in Victoria (Australia)
For those within the museum sector, and collaborations between Wikipedia and institutions, see Wikipedia:Advice for the cultural sector and Wikipedia:WikiProject Museums .
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SirSez (talk · contribs ) History nerd, knowledge enthusiast, academic, artist.
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Stevage (talk · contribs ) Long time Wikipedia contributor, software developer.
Canley (talk · contribs ) Wikipedia admin, Wikidata nut
Clareifications (talk · contribs ) Academic librarian by day, activist archivist by night.
Kassigrace (talk · contribs ) Library technician.
ThylacineHunter (talk · contribs ) Railway, tram, traction engine and paddle boat historianHere is a Wikidata query which displays a map of museums and subclasses of museum in Victoria, Australia (where there are coordinates available). If there is an image and/or a Wikipedia article it will show that too. Canley (talk · contribs ) will update this over the course of the edit-a-thon.
Participants at the International Museum Day edit-a-thon held at ACMI X Melbourne, Australia on 18 May 2018 Sayraphim Lothian and Mike Jones organised an Edit-a-thon for International Museums Day on 18 May 2018, at ACMI-X in Melbourne, Victoria. The purpose of the edit-a-thon was to create and improve pages for Victorian museums and galleries.
VIDEO: Why should museums be on Wikipedia?
Please feel free to tackle any of the items below! If you do start working on something, we recommend adding an 'in progress' note beside the institution on this project page. Then, when you have finished something, move it to the 'Work Completed' section at the bottom, including your username and the date/time.
Article requests
Alexandra Timber Tramway - in progress
Altona Homestead Museum
Ambleside Park Museum
Andrew Ross Museum
ANZ Banking Museum
Apollo Bay Museum
Australian Army Museum, Bandiana
Australian Army Signals Museum
Australian Music Vault - in progress
Barwon Grange
Barwon Park
Bass Strait Shell Museum
Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum
Beleura
Buda Historic Home and Garden - in progress. Page made as Buda (house)
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Burke Museum (Australia)
Burrinja Cultural Centre
HMAS Cerberus Museum
Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum
Chiltern Athenaeum
Chiltern Motor Museum
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
City Gallery, Melbourne
Clunes Museum
Clunes Bottle Museum
Coal Creek Community Park and Museum
Cohuna & District Historical Society Museum
Coleraine Car Museum
Creswick Museum
Dow's Pharmacy
Echuca Historical Society Museum
Eldorado Museum
Fairhall (House) (part of the The Johnston Collection page currently
Federal Standard Printing Works
Fire Services Museum Victoria
Flinders Historical Museum
Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery
Forestry Heritage Museum
Foster and District Historical Society Museum
Fox Classic Car Collection
Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum
Gippsland Vehicle Collection
Gulf Station
Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre
Hamilton Art Gallery
Hastings-Western Port Historical Society
Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens
The Heights Heritage House
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum
Kyneton Museum
Labassa
Lake View House
Lakeside Antique Machinery Museum
Langi Morgala Museum
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Lilydale & District Historical Society Museum
Maffra Sugar Beet Museum
Maldon Museum - in progress
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum
Mallacoota Bunker Museum
Maroondah Art Gallery
Mary Glowrey Museum
Melbourne Museum of Printing
Mooramong
Mornington Old Post Office Museum
Monash Gallery of Art is part of the City of Monash page currently
Mont De Lancey Homestead and Museum
Museo Italiano
National Holden Motor Museum
National Steam Centre
Ned Kelly Museum
Port Fairy History Centre
Portable Iron Houses
Portarlington Mill
Portland Maritime Discovery Centre
Portland Powerhouse Motor & Car Museum
Queenscliffe Historical Museum
Royal Australian Army Pay Corps Museum
Sale Historical Museum
Salvation Army Heritage Centre
Schramm's Cottage Complex
Shepparton Art Museum
Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum
Smythesdale Court House
Stawell Historical Society Museum
St Arnaud Historical Museum
Surf World Museum
TAA Museum
Tasma Gallery
The Bible Museum
Tiger Moth World
Upper Yarra Museum
Villa Alba
Wangaratta Art Gallery
Wangaratta Museum
Warrandyte Post Office Museum
Warrnambool Art Gallery
Williamstown Historical Society Museum
Worsley Cottage Complex
Yackandandah Museum
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
Needs a photo
Needs more photos
Photos on Commons to add to new or existing articles
Australian Music Vault
Chiltern Athenaeum
Clunes Museum
Federal Standard Printing Works
Dow's Pharmacy Museum
Fire Services Museum Victoria
Kyneton Museum
Langi Morgala Museum
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Mary Glowrey Museum (on 2nd floor of Central Hall)
Portland Maritime Discovery Centre
Maldon District Museum
Queenscliffe Historical Museum
Yackandandah Museum
Commons categories
Needs more detail
Ararat Regional Art Gallery
Australian Racing Museum
Australian Railway Historical Society Museum (now called Newport Railway Museum )
Backwoods Gallery
Benalla Art Gallery
Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
Cape Schanck Lighthouse
Castlemaine Art Museum , history substantial, needs work on contemporary period, adding exhibitions, publications, was part of Castlemaine, Victoria , used to be at Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
Centre for Contemporary Photography
Chinese Museum, Melbourne
Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve
Como House
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
Geelong Art Gallery
Geelong Maritime Museum
Gippsland Armed Forces Museum
Grainger Museum
Hawthorn tram depot
Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
Ian Potter Centre
Ian Potter Museum of Art
Immigration Museum, Melbourne
Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre
Koorie Heritage Trust
Mechanics' Institute, Sorrento
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Mulberry Hill (Langwarrin South, Victoria)
National Alpine Museum of Australia
National Wool Museum (Geelong)
National Vietnam Veterans Museum
Post Office Gallery
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum
Schwerkolt Cottage
Scienceworks (Melbourne)
State Coal Mine
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Tramway Museum Society of Victoria
Needs more citations
Needs GPS co ords
Needs an infobox
Template:Infobox museum is the template for museum infoboxes
Lists to check
We need to check through these lists to see if there are organisations we are missing.
Articles created
Articles expanded
GPS co ords added
Photos added
Infobox added
Meta things