A History of the World in 100 Objects was a joint project of BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum.^[1] A History of the World in 100 Articles is a pastiche of this series that discusses the existing and potential collaboration between GLAM and WIKI expertise. Examples are shown where wikipedians are freely doing research that improve the public's interest and the information publically available on museum exhibits. On average museums do not have their artefacts on public display. Some exhibits are of both national and local importance and wikipedia articles can assist in allowing remote access to them.
I'm told that GLAM is not a term in common use. It stands for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. The 100 articles below are mainly from the Museum sector, but we will be discussing the 140,000 books we have archived and several paintings from a few galleries.