I'm excited to announce the following event:
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM TO HOST WIKIPEDIA “GUGG-A-THON” IN EARLY OCTOBER
The Guggenheim Museum will host a Wikipedia “Gugg-a-thon” on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 from 2pm - 8pm, to support contributions to Wikipedia’s content on museum architecture. Join us at the Guggenheim to add information about museum architecture to the world’s largest source of free knowledge during the fourth annual month-long Archtober festival.
The program will include welcoming remarks by notable scholars in the field of museum architecture, an overview of the Guggenheim’s own architecture and design, and background on Wikipedia’s role as an institutional partner. The agenda also includes a free, backstage, architectural tour of the Guggenheim Museum. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration strongly recommended. Remote participation encouraged.
INFO
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Address: 1071 Fifth Avenue (please enter through 89th Street)
Time: 2:00pm-8:00pm
Welcoming Remarks: Event organizers, William Menking, Founder and Editor of The Architects Newspaper, Cara Cragan, Guggenheim Museum Senior Manager, Architecture, Commissions, and Project Planning (SRGM), and Amanda Parmer, curator and host of Edit-a-thons at Parmer Gallery, Brooklyn.
Hosts: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Metropolitan New York Library Council
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)212.228.2320 x127