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/Colorado GLAM/Colorado is a compilation of information about GLAM-Wikimedia partnerships in the state of Colorado. Cultural professionals: Use the resources below to connect with local Wikipedians who can help you get started on a project. Wikimedians: Please add GLAM-Wikimedia projects and news as needed. Local contacts Coloradan Wikipedians getting together in Boulder for Wikipedia 10, a celebration of Wikipedia's 10th anniversary online, on January 15, 2011. GLAM-Wikipedian contacts User:Gaurav (email me!) in Boulder, Colorado Graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. WikiProject Colorado Post a note on the Talk page explaining that you're looking for a local Wikipedian to help with a GLAM project. Campus Ambassadors For the Campus Ambassador program, Colorado is located in U.S. Region 8 (Skyplains). Regional Ambassador: Richard Jensen (email Richard) Current Colorado GLAM-Wiki partnerships A photograph taken by Junius Henderson in 1919, uploaded as part of the Junius Henderson Field Notebook Project. The Junius Henderson Field Notebook Project This project uses Wikisource to publish the field notebooks of Junius Henderson, the first curator of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Contacts on Wikipedia: User:Ack-thom, User:Robgur, User:Gaurav Press for Colorado GLAM-Wiki partnerships The Curation of Collaboration: Experiments in Mobilizing Museum Archives, Center for the Future of Museums blog, February 7, 2012. Major institutions In Denver, Colorado: Denver Art Museum Colorado History Museum Children's Museum of Denver Denver Museum of Nature and Science Denver Botanic Gardens Denver Public Library In Boulder, Colorado: Boulder Public Library Norlin Library University of Colorado Museum of Natural History At Fort Collins, Colorado: Fort Collins Museum and Discovery Science Center Fort Collins Public Library Others: Arapahoe Library District Colorado Railroad Museum Dinosaur National Monument Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument National Mining Hall of Fame Professional organizations The Denver Art Museum has more than 68,000 works from around the world. History Colorado is an agency of the state of Colorado "offers the public access to cultural and heritage resources of Colorado, including statewide museums and special programs for individuals and families, collection stewardship of Colorado’s historic treasures, educational resources for schools, students and teachers, services related to preservation, archaeology and history, and the Stephen H. Hart research library" (from their About Us page). Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums Mountain Plains Museums Association