Wikipedia:GLAM/Archives Nationales (France)

Archives Nationales (France) Wikimedia Partnership

Welcome to the French National Archives WikiProject on the English Wikipedia!

Staff from the French National Archives have been working with Wikimedia France as part of WikiProject GLAM since 2013.

Current inquiries about the partnership should be posted to the Archives Nationales' talk page.

Project scope and purpose

This is a project focused on sharing the French National Archives' resources with the public and improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the French National Archives. Our goal is to foster collaboration between Wikimedia projects and the National Archives in order to make cultural works more discoverable to the public. We intend to do this through the creation of related Wikipedia content and digitization of materials on Commons and Wikisource.

This project aims to coordinate the sharing of resources between Archives Nationales and the Wikimedia community in a relationship of mutual benefit. The Archives collects, preserves, describes, and provides access to documentary evidence on France's official archives (apart from the archives of the Ministry of the Armies and Ministry of Foreign Affairs) ; a mission that aligns with Wikipedia’s goal to provide “free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”

Expansion of coverage and access to authoritative sources

Expand coverage on Wikipedia about people and topics relevant to the Archives Nationales’ collections. This includes providing access to sources for citations on existing pages, and creating new pages on notable people and topics.

Media contribution to Wikimedia Commons

Ongoing content donations to Wikimedia Commons featuring public domain documents and images from the Archives, allowing for these images to be utilized by educators and researchers worldwide without restrictions.

A learning experience

Collaborate with students and lifelong learners to help them grow their knowledge of french History while researching and contributing to Wikipedia articles.

Empower Archives Nationales's staff and volunteers to grow their skills as confidence as Wikipedia contributors.

Provide opportunities for new relationships and connections within the libraries, archives, and museum communities.

Gallery of contributions to Wikimedia Commons

See the French Archives Nationales' image donation on Wikimedia Commons!

Seal of Philip II of France (1165-1223)
Joan of Arc (Historiated initial probably not painted between 1450 and 1500)
Treaty of Fribourg (signed in 1516)
The French National Archives' Iron Chest (built in 1790)
Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen of 1793
Napoleon's Last Will (1821)
Marseille Cathedral in 1895
Musée des Archives Nationales in 2010