WikiMuseum

Key exhibitions & outcomes

Livonian Traditional Dress (TextileBase integration) A cross-border exhibition connecting collections from Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, forming the first comprehensive, structured visual and data-driven presentation of Livonian dress heritage. Mari Traditional Clothing (ERM-led multilingual exhibition) Built primarily on ERM collections and complemented by Finnish and Wikimedia Commons materials, this exhibition provides accessible interpretation in Estonian, Hungarian, English, Russian, and Meadow Mari, reconnecting dispersed heritage with both international audiences and Mari communities. Udmurt Ethnographic Photography (ongoing, community-informed curation)

• A collaborative project with Wikimedia Hungary and Udmurt contributors focusing on improving provenance, correcting historical descriptions, and identifying dispersed or censored photographic materials across collections.

Key insights / lessons

• Open platforms can function as curated museum environments, not only repositories, when structured with clear metadata and narrative layers
• Multilingual annotation and community participation enable reconstruction of missing knowledge, especially for underrepresented or historically misrepresented groups
• Digital co-curation creates new forms of collaboration between institutions, civic initiatives, and source communities, but requires careful handling of legal, ethical, and governance questions