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Guest Post by Jasper Visser: Storytelling for Social Cohesion at Story House Belvédère

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This small, startup cultural project in Rotterdam works directly and intimately with community members to share their stories. Story House Belvédère in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is a magical place. They do so by making the stories of individuals and communities visible, and encouraging new encounters. But they were wrong.

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Guest Post: Collections Access - Open the Door Wider

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Unfortunately,” that subscriber advised, there are no legal avenues to stop visitors from photographing objects or images in the public domain in public spaces where photography is allowed. Without broad access, why should any community or institution go to the trouble and expense of preserving artifacts?

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

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But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). They partnered with 46 institutions in the Netherlands to produce Wikipedia Loves Art / NL , which took a different approach to the project.