RBSA Backstage Pass

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Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.

"Backstage Pass tour" at The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - In a nutshell Where?: Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, St Paul's Square, Birmingham When?: Saturday, 10:00, 4 November, 2012 Who can attend?: Any Wikipedian! (if you're an editor, want to become one or are interested in the idea of sharing knowledge, this is for you) Hashtag: #glamRBSA or #glamwiki (for Twitter) Calendar: Download as an ics file to add to your calendar. Tag: glamRBSA (for blog posts, YouTube, Flickr, Delicious, etc.)

What is it?

A Backstage Pass tour is an event aimed at sharing the expertise of real-world cultural institutions with our wiki-expertise. Principally this involves an organisation or interest group hosting a private tour for the benefit of local Wikimedians and in reciprocation we help improve the content on Wikipedia that is relevant to that organisation and its collection.

Simply put the day is in three parts:

1. Talks and private 'backstage' tours of the gallery's archives, with their experts.
2. Lunch together (provided)
3. Sitting down with RBSA staff to collaborate on topics discussed during the morning.

The main contact person for this activity is Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing). The work to improve Wikipedia's content related to the RBSA's collections and members (it was founded in 1821!) will continue long after this day's event.