Abstract:
In Fall 2009, as part of a Museum Studies public
scholarship effort, a group of twenty students undertook
research on the collection and documented their findings
using Wikipedia. Accessing university archives, newspaper
articles, artist monographs, and other sources, the
students pieced together background information.
Conducting artist interviews, photo documentary surveys,
and condition assessments, the students captured details
about the life of each sculpture. The students shared this
information in Wikipedia so that it may be maintained in a
public, collaborative, participatory forum.
