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Royal Albert Memorial Museum About the RAMM Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) The Royal Albert Memorial Museum Established 1868 (1868) Location Queen Street, Exeter, England Visitors 340,000 (2012) Website Official website RAMM and the GLAM-E Lab work closely together in partnership to establish a culture of open access throughout the museum's collections. Through their collaboration with the GLAM-E Lab, over 2,000 images of RAMM collection items are available on Wikimedia Commons. These include items by George Townsend, John Joseph Barker, Olive Wharry and many other notable artists. RAMM + Wikimedia UK From February 2023 to October 2024 Dr Lucy Hinnie ((EriedgenArc (talk · contribs)) worked with the GLAM-E Lab and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) and as their Wikimedian in Residence and Digital Research Fellow. This work aimed to scale up current open knowledge practice at RAMM. Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales The GLAM-E Lab collaborated with Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales to bring open access to Wales’ national collections. Amgueddfa Cymru released thousands of images to the public domain by making them freely available on a new platform, Amgueddfa Cymru Images. These images are also being made available at Images from Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. University of Exeter Special Collections The GLAM-E Lab has been working with the University of Exeter Special Collections over the last two years to upload high-quality digital images from their collections. Collections are used in university research and teaching, and ongoing partnership with GLAM-E has opened up items such as Saxton's Atlas to a wider audience. Devon and Exeter Institution The Devon and Exeter Institution is an independent historical library and charity, which has worked with the GLAM-E Lab throughout 2024 to upload images to Wikimedia Commons. Museum of Somerset Museum of Somerset, part of South West Heritage Trust, released a selection of images by local artist Harry Frier onto Wikimedia Commons in 2024. Museum of Policing in Devon and Cornwall The Museum of Policing in Devon and Cornwall partnered with GLAM-E in 2024 to upload and share images from their archives, which celebrate the history of policing in the local area. Their materials and artefacts span a period of over two centuries. Toolkit partners In November and December, to celebrate the launch of the GLAM-E Lab Open GLAM Toolkit, the GLAM-E Lab worked with 8 Cultural Heritage Organisations to upload works from their collections onto Wikimedia Commons. These organisations include: Frick Art Research Library Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum Shaftesbury Abbey Museum Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Topsham Museum University of Bristol Library Special Collections University of Bristol Theatre Collection University of Exeter Fine Art Collection Partnership Gallery Frick Art Research Library Photoarchive Museum of Somerset RAMM University of Exeter Devon and Exeter Institution Museum of Policing in Devon and Cornwall Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum Shaftesbury Abbey Museum and Gardens Bristol Museums Topsham Museum University of Bristol Library Special Collections University of Bristol Theatre Collection University of Exeter Fine Art Collection