Template:Infobox museum/doc

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Usage

Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be lowercase.

{{Parameter names example | name | native_name | native_name_lang | logo | logo_upright | logo_alt | logo_caption | image | image_upright | alt | caption | |map_type= | map_caption | map_size | map_relief | map_dot_label | coordinates | former_name | established | dissolved | location | type | accreditation | key_holdings | collections | collection_size | visitors | founder |executive_director |leader_type | leader | director | president | ceo | chairperson | curator | architect | historian | owner |employees | publictransit |parking | website | network | embedded | mapframe=no}}

{{Infobox museum

| name =

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| logo =

| logo_upright =

| logo_alt =

| logo_caption =

| image =

| image_upright =

| alt =

| caption =

| map_type =

| map_relief =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| map_dot_label =

| coordinates =

| former_name =

| established =

| dissolved =

| location =

| type =

| accreditation =

| key_holdings =

| collections =

| collection_size =

| visitors =

| founder =

| executive_director =

| deputy_director =

| leader_type =

| leader =

| director =

| president =

| ceo =

| chairperson =

| curator =

| architect =

| historian =

| owner =

| employees =

| publictransit =

| parking =

| website =

| network =

| embedded =

}}

= Embedding other templates =

The embedded parameter is used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see Wikipedia:Infobox modules).

{{Infobox museum

| name =

|

| embedded =

{{Infobox NRHP

| embed = yes

|

}}

Parameters

Note that the examples below are presented in wikicode and do not necessarily reflect actual statistics.

; name : Name of the museum
Example: Foo Museum of Art

; native_name : Name of the museum in the local language, if different

; native_name_lang : ISO 639-2 code for the local language, e.g. "fr" for French. If there is more than one native name, in different languages, enter those names using {{tl|lang}}, instead.

; logo : Logo or graphic by which the museum is identified, omitting the wikilink brackets and the "file:" or "image:" namespace
Example: Louvre.jpg

; logo_upright : Logo scaling factor

; logo_alt : Alt text for the logo, for people who can't see the image

; logo_caption : Caption for the logo

; image : Image of the museum, omitting the wikilink brackets and the "file:" or "image:" namespace
Example: Louvre.jpg

; image_upright : Image scaling factor

; alt : Alt text for image, for people who can't see the image

; caption : Image caption

; map_type : The name of the map template used to construct location map, see Template:Location map#Available maps
Example: USA Alabama.

; map_relief : Set this to y or any non-blank value to use a relief map image provided by the selected location map template (if a relief map is available). For additional information, see Template:Location map#Relief parameter.

; map_size : Specify a pixel width for the map image. The default is 220.
Example: map_size=230 (not map_size=230px).

; map_caption : Text displayed below the map image.
Example: FooTown

; map_dot_label : Text displayed on the map dot.

; coordinates : Latitude and longitude. Use {{Tl|Coord}}; see that template's documentation for usage information.

; former_name : Previous name(s)

; established : Date of the museum's establishment. Use {{Tl|Start date}}.
Example: {{Start date|1997|03|31}}

; dissolved : If defunct, date the museum was dissolved. Use {{Tl|End date}}.
Example: {{End date|2007|12|31}}

; location : Location of the museum
Example: National Mall, Washington D.C., US
Example: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

; type : Type of museum, most likely Art museum, Science museum, Children's museum, General interest or similar
Example: Art museum
Example: Science museum
Example: Children's museum

; accreditation : Accreditation
Example: American Alliance of Museums

; key_holdings : Key holdings
Example: Flaming June

; collections : Collections
Example: Baroque
Example: Pre-Raphaelite
Example: Golden Age

; collection_size : Number of objects

; visitors : Number of visitors
Example: 417,096 (2005)

; founder : The museum's founder
Example: Harold Saxon

; executive_director : The museum's executive director
Example: Harold Saxon
Alias: executive director

; director : The museum's director
Example: Harold Saxon

; president : Alternative to "director" above

; ceo : Alternative to "ceo" above

; chairperson : The museum's chair
Example: Harold Saxon

; curator : The curator of the museum
Example: John Smith

; architect : The architect of the museum
Example: John Smith

; historian : The historian of the museum
Example: John Smith

; owner : The owner of the museum
Example: Government of the City of Miami

; employees : The number of employees.

; publictransit : The nearest public transport stop
Example: Roosevelt Station, Chicago Transit Authority

; parking : The nearest parking
Example: On site (no charge)

; car_park : Same as parking, but instead renders the label as "car park" for WP:ENGVAR purposes

; website : Official or primary website operated by the museum. Use the template {{tl|URL}}.
Example: {{URL|example.org}}

; network : If the museum is part of a museum network, specify the network name to invoke one of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=Infobox+museum&namespace=10 network templates].

; embedded : Enter yes if this template is used as a module (sub-template) of another infobox.

=Mapframe map=

A Mapframe map is automatically included if:

There are coordinates specified on the page's Wikidata item
It has not been turned off by setting {{para|mapframe|no}}
Either another type of map has not been set, or {{para|mapframe|yes}} is set

The following parameters are available for adjusting the mapframe map:

{{Infobox mapframe/doc/parameters

|mapframe={{kbd|no}} if a pushpin map or map image is specified, {{kbd|yes}} otherwise

|mapframe-marker={{kbd|museum}}

}}

Microformat

TemplateData

{

"description": "An infobox for museums",

"format": "{{_\n| _______________ = _\n}}\n",

"params": {

"name": {

"label": "Name",

"description": "Name of the museum",

"example": "Foo Museum of Art",

"suggested": true

},

"native_name": {

"label": "Native name",

"description": "Name of the museum in the local language, if different"

},

"native_name_lang": {

"label": "Native name language",

"description": "The language of the native name"

},

"logo": {

"label": "Logo",

"description": "Logo or graphic by which the museum is identified",

"example": "Louvre.jpg",

"type": "wiki-file-name",

"suggested": true

},

"logo_upright": {

"label": "Logo upright",

"description": "Logo scaling factor",

"type": "number"

},

"logo_alt": {

"label": "Logo alt text",

"description": "Alt text for the logo, for people who can't see the image"

},

"logo_caption": {

"label": "Logo caption",

"description": "The caption for the logo",

"type": "string"

},

"image": {

"label": "Image",

"description": "An image of the museum",

"example": "Louvre.jpg",

"type": "wiki-file-name",

"suggested": true

},

"image_upright": {

"label": "Image upright",

"description": "Scaling factor for the image",

"type": "number"

},

"alt": {

"label": "Image alt text",

"description": "Alt text for image, for people who can't see the image",

"type": "string"

},

"caption": {

"label": "Image caption",

"description": "A caption for the image",

"type": "string"

},

"map_type": {

"aliases": [

"pushpin_map",

"image_map"

],

"label": "Map type",

"description": "The name of the map template used to construct location map, see Template:Location map#Available maps",

"example": "USA Alabama",

"suggested": true

},

"map_caption": {

"label": "Map caption",

"description": "Text displayed below the map image, if latitude and longitude are used",

"example": "FooTown"

},

"map_size": {

"label": "Map size",

"description": "Specify a pixel width for the map image",

"example": "250",

"type": "number",

"default": "250"

},

"map_relief": {

"aliases": [

"pushpin_relief"

],

"label": "Show map relief",

"description": "Set this to y or any non-blank value to use a relief map image provided by the selected location map template (if a relief map is available). For additional information, see Template:Location map#Relief parameter",

"type": "boolean"

},

"former_name": {

"label": "Former name",

"description": "Previous name(s)",

"suggested": true,

"aliases": [

"former_names"

]

},

"established": {

"label": "Established",

"description": "Date of establishment, using {{Start date}}",

"example": "{{Start date|1997|03|31}}",

"suggested": true

},

"dissolved": {

"label": "Dissolved",

"description": "If defunct, date the museum was dissolved. Use {{End date}}",

"example": "{{End date|2007|12|31}}"

},

"location": {

"label": "Location",

"description": "Location of the museum",

"example": "National Mall, Washington D.C., US",

"suggested": true

},

"coordinates": {

"label": "Coordinates",

"description": "Alternative to other coordinates parameters, taking {{Coord}} as a single value",

"example": "{{Coord|44.112|N|87.913|W|display=title}}"

},

"type": {

"label": "Type",

"description": "Type of museum, most likely Art museum, Science museum, Children's museum or similar",

"example": "Art museum",

"suggested": true

},

"accreditation": {

"label": "Accreditation",

"example": "American Alliance of Museums"

},

"key_holdings": {

"label": "Key holdings",

"description": "Important holdings",

"example": "Flaming June"

},

"collections": {

"label": "Collections",

"description": "The types of collections held by the museum",

"example": "Baroque",

"type": "string",

"aliases": [

"collections_type"

]

},

"collection_size": {

"aliases": [

"collection size",

"collection"

],

"label": "Collection size",

"description": "Number of objects",

"example": "20,000",

"type": "number"

},

"visitors": {

"label": "Visitors",

"description": "Number of visitors",

"example": "417,096 (2005)"

},

"founder": {

"label": "Founder",

"description": "The museum's founder",

"example": "Harold Saxon"

},

"director": {

"label": "Director",

"description": "The museum's director"

},

"executive_director": {

"label": "Executive director",

"description": "The museum's executive director",

"aliases": [

"executive director"

]

},

"president": {

"label": "President",

"description": "The museum's president"

},

"ceo": {

"label": "CEO",

"description": "The museum's chief executive officer"

},

"chairperson": {

"label": "Chairperson",

"description": "The museum's chair"

},

"curator": {

"label": "Curator",

"description": "The curator of the museum"

},

"architect": {

"label": "Architect",

"description": "The architect of the museum"

},

"historian": {

"label": "Historian",

"description": "The historian of the museum"

},

"owner": {

"label": "Owner",

"description": "The owner of the museum",

"example": "Government of the City of Miami"

},

"employees": {

"label": "employees",

"type": "string"

},

"publictransit": {

"label": "Public transport",

"description": "The nearest public transport stop",

"example": "Roosevelt Station, Chicago Transit Authority"

},

"parking": {

"label": "Parking",

"description": "The nearest parking",

"example": "On site (no charge)"

},

"car_park": {

"label": "Car park",

"description": "Same as parking, but instead renders the label as \"car park\" for WP:ENGVAR purposes"

},

"website": {

"label": "Website",

"description": "Official or primary website operated by the museum. Use the template {{URL}}.",

"example": "{{URL|example.org}}",

"suggested": true

},

"network": {

"label": "Network",

"description": "If the museum is part of a museum network, specify the network name to invoke one of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=Infobox+museum&namespace=10 network templates]"

},

"nrhp": {

},

"embedded": {

"aliases": [

"embed"

],

"label": "embedded"

},

"image_size": {

"aliases": [

"imagesize"

],

"label": "image_size",

"type": "string"

},

"map_dot_label": {

"aliases": [

"map dot label"

],

"type": "string"

},

"leader_type": {

"label": "leader_type",

"type": "string"

},

"leader": {

"label": "leader",

"type": "string"

},

"map_alt": {

"label": "map_alt",

"type": "string"

}

},

"paramOrder": [

"name",

"native_name",

"native_name_lang",

"logo",

"logo_upright",

"logo_alt",

"logo_caption",

"image",

"image_size",

"image_upright",

"caption",

"alt",

"map_type",

"map_caption",

"map_size",

"map_relief",

"map_dot_label",

"former_name",

"established",

"dissolved",

"location",

"coordinates",

"type",

"accreditation",

"key_holdings",

"collections",

"collection_size",

"visitors",

"founder",

"executive_director",

"director",

"president",

"ceo",

"chairperson",

"curator",

"architect",

"historian",

"owner",

"employees",

"publictransit",

"parking",

"car_park",

"website",

"network",

"nrhp",

"embedded",

"leader_type",

"leader",

"map_alt"

]

}

Examples

{{Infobox museum

| name = British Museum

| logo = British Museum logo.svg

| logo_upright = .6

| image = File:British Museum (aerial).jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| caption = Aerial shot of the British Museum

| established = {{Start date and age|1753|6|7|df=yes}}

| collection = approx. 8 million objects{{cite web| url= https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/management/about_us.aspx| title= Collection size| work= British Museum| access-date= 22 July 2016| archive-date= 12 August 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812061205/https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/management/about_us.aspx| url-status= live}}

| location = Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, England, United Kingdom

| leader_type = Chair

| leader = George Osborne

| director = Hartwig Fischer

| visitors = 4,097,253 (2022)Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), 22 March 2022 (up 209 per cent from 2021)

Ranked third nationally

| publictransit = {{rint|london|underground}} {{lus|Goodge Street}}; {{lus|Holborn}}; {{lus|Tottenham Court Road}}; {{lus|Russell Square}};

| website = {{Official URL}}

| embedded = {{infobox |child=yes

| label1 = Area

| data1 = {{convert|807000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on}} in
94 galleries}}

}}

{{Infobox museum

| name = British Museum

| logo = British Museum logo.svg

| logo_upright = .6

| image = File:British Museum (aerial).jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| caption = Aerial shot of the British Museum

| established = {{Start date and age|1753|6|7|df=yes}}

| collection = approx. 8 million objects{{cite web| url= https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/management/about_us.aspx| title= Collection size| work= British Museum| access-date= 22 July 2016| archive-date= 12 August 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812061205/https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/management/about_us.aspx| url-status= live}}

| location = Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, England, United Kingdom

| leader_type = Chair

| leader = George Osborne

| director = Hartwig Fischer

| visitors = 4,097,253 (2022)Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), 22 March 2022 (up 209 per cent from 2021)

Ranked third nationally

| publictransit = {{rint|london|underground}} {{lus|Goodge Street}}; {{lus|Holborn}}; {{lus|Tottenham Court Road}}; {{lus|Russell Square}};

| website = {{Official URL}}

| embedded = {{infobox |child=yes

| label1 = Area

| data1 = {{convert|807000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on}} in
94 galleries}}

}}

{{Infobox museum

| name = National Museum of Natural History

| logo =

| image = Smithsonian-Museum of Natural History.jpg

| caption = Main facade

| map_caption = Location within Washington, D.C.

| coordinates = {{coord|38.8913|-77.0259|region:US-DC|display=inline}}

| mapframe-zoom = 13

| established = {{Start date and age|1910|df=yes}}

| location = National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States

| type = Natural history

| employees = 427

{{cite web

| date = February 14, 2019

| title = Media Fact Sheet

| url = https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/national-museum-natural-history

|access-date = May 30, 2020

}}

| collection_size = 146,000,000 specimens

{{cite web

| date = February 14, 2019

| title = Media Fact Sheet

| url = https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/national-museum-natural-history

|access-date = May 30, 2020

}}

| visitors =

{{unbulleted list

| 573,000 (2020)

{{cite report

| author = TEA/AECOM

| date = September 2021

| title = TEA/AECOM 2020 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report

| url = https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2020.pdf

| publisher = Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)

| page = [https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2020.pdf#page=87 87]

}}

| 4,200,000 (2019)

{{cite report

| author = TEA/AECOM

| date = July 2020

| title = TEA/AECOM 2019 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report

| url = https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2019.pdf

| publisher = Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)

| page = [https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2019.pdf#page=93 93]

}}

| 4,800,000 (2018)

{{cite report

| author = TEA/AECOM

| date = May 2019

| title = TEA/AECOM 2018 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report

| url = https://aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Theme-Index-2018-5-1.pdf

| publisher = Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)

| page = [https://aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Theme-Index-2018-5-1.pdf#page=37 37]

}}

| director = Kirk Johnson

| curator =

| publictransit = {{WMATA link logo}} {{rint|washington|bl}} {{rint|washington|or}} {{rint|washington|sv}} at Federal Triangle

| website = {{URL|https://naturalhistory.si.edu/}}

}}

{{Infobox museum

| name = National Museum of Natural History

| logo =

| image = Smithsonian-Museum of Natural History.jpg

| caption = Main facade

| map_caption = Location within Washington, D.C.

| coordinates = {{coord|38.8913|-77.0259|region:US-DC|display=inline}}

| mapframe-zoom = 13

| established = {{Start date and age|1910|df=yes}}

| location = National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States

| type = Natural history

| employees = 427

{{cite web

| date = February 14, 2019

| title = Media Fact Sheet

| url = https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/national-museum-natural-history

|access-date = May 30, 2020

}}

| collection_size = 146,000,000 specimens

{{cite web

| date = February 14, 2019

| title = Media Fact Sheet

| url = https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/national-museum-natural-history

|access-date = May 30, 2020

}}

| visitors =

{{unbulleted list

| 573,000 (2020)

{{cite report

| author = TEA/AECOM

| date = September 2021

| title = TEA/AECOM 2020 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report

| url = https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2020.pdf

| publisher = Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)

| page = [https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2020.pdf#page=87 87]

}}

| 4,200,000 (2019)

{{cite report

| author = TEA/AECOM

| date = July 2020

| title = TEA/AECOM 2019 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report

| url = https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2019.pdf

| publisher = Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)

| page = [https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2019.pdf#page=93 93]

}}

| 4,800,000 (2018)

{{cite report

| author = TEA/AECOM

| date = May 2019

| title = TEA/AECOM 2018 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report

| url = https://aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Theme-Index-2018-5-1.pdf

| publisher = Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)

| page = [https://aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Theme-Index-2018-5-1.pdf#page=37 37]

}}

| director = Kirk Johnson

| curator =

| publictransit = {{WMATA link logo}} {{rint|washington|bl}} {{rint|washington|or}} {{rint|washington|sv}} at Federal Triangle

| website = {{URL|https://naturalhistory.si.edu/}}

}}

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