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Liam Wyatt speaking at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Wikimedia DC collaborates with cultural institutions, including galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, to promote free knowledge and support digitization and open access projects.

Smithsonian Institution

Archives of American Art editathon and backstage pass event

• WikiProject GLAM/SI - Collaboration and outreach with the Smithsonian Institution. Goals are to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Smithsonian Institution. We are providing mentorship and serving as a liaison between the Smithsonian and the Wikipedia community, and teaching Smithsonian staff how to contribute to Wikipedia.
• Sarah Stierch served as Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art for the Summer 2011. (Details)

National Archives and Records Administration

Wikipedians on a backstage tour of NARA II in College Park

• WikiProject FedFlix, in collaboration with Carl Malamud of public.resource.org and the International Amateur Scanning League, to digitize video and other materials in the holdings of the National Archives and other government agencies, and make available online. The WikiProject is working to get the video and materials made available on Wikimedia Commons, transcribe them, and available for use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
• Dominic is the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the National Archives and Records Administration for the Summer of 2012. (Details)