Template:Infobox museum

Infobox museum

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Usage

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

{{{name}}}

{{{native_name}}}
[[File:{{{logo}}}|frameless|alt={{{logo_alt}}}|upright={{{logo_upright}}}]] {{{logo_caption}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|alt={{{alt}}}|upright={{{image_upright}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Former name	{{{former_name}}}
Established	{{{established}}}
Dissolved	{{{dissolved}}}
Location	{{{location}}}
Coordinates	{{{coordinates}}}
Type	{{{type}}}
Accreditation	{{{accreditation}}}
Key holdings	{{{key_holdings}}}
Collections	{{{collections}}}
Collection size	{{{collection_size}}}
Visitors	{{{visitors}}}
Founder	{{{founder}}}
Executive director	{{{executive_director}}}
{{{leader_type}}}	{{{leader}}}
Director	{{{director}}}
President	{{{president}}}
CEO	{{{ceo}}}
Chairperson	{{{chairperson}}}
Curator	{{{curator}}}
Architect	{{{architect}}}
Historian	{{{historian}}}
Owner	{{{owner}}}
Employees	{{{employees}}}
Public transit access	{{{publictransit}}}
Nearest parking	{{{parking}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
{{Infobox museum/{{{network}}} network|header}}
{{Infobox museum/{{{network}}} network|data}}
{{{embedded}}}

{{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        = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} -->
| former_name        = <!-- or |former_names= -->
| established        = <!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| dissolved          = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| 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            = <!-- or |car_park= -->
| website            = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| network            = 
| embedded           = <!-- or |nrhp= -->
}}

Embedding other templates

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

{{Infobox museum
| name =
| <!-- etc. -->
| embedded =
  {{Infobox NRHP
  | embed = yes <!-- or child=yes or subbox=yes-->
  | <!-- etc. -->
  }}
}}

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 {{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 {{Coord}}; see that template's documentation for usage information.

former_name

Previous name(s)

established

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

dissolved

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

location

Location of the museum
Example: [[National Mall]], [[Washington D.C.]], [[United States|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/State (CTA)|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 {{URL}}.
Example: {{URL|example.org}}

network

If the museum is part of a museum network, specify the network name to invoke one of the 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 |mapframe=no
• Either another type of map has not been set, or |mapframe=yes is set

The following parameters are available for adjusting the mapframe map:

• Basic parameters:
  • mapframe – Specify yes or no to show or hide the map, overriding the default. Default: no if a pushpin map or map image is specified, yes otherwise
  • mapframe-caption – Caption for the map. Default: blank (or if |mapframe-geomask= is set, "Location in geomask's label")
  • mapframe-custom – Use a custom map instead of the automatic mapframe. Specify either a {{maplink}} template, or another template that generates a mapframe map, or an image name. If used, the subsequent mapframe parameters will be ignored. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-id or id or qid – Id (Q-number) of Wikidata item to use. Default: item for current page
  • mapframe-coordinates or mapframe-coord or coordinates or coord – Coordinates to use, instead of any on Wikidata. Use the {{Coord}} template, e.g. |coord={{Coord|12.34|N|56.78|E}}. Default: coordinates from Wikidata
  • mapframe-wikidata – Set to yes to show shape/line features from the wikidata item, if any, when |coord= is set. Default: not specified
• Customise which features are displayed:
  • mapframe-shape – Turn off display of shape feature by setting to none. Use an inverse shape (geomask) instead of a regular shape by setting to inverse. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-point – Turn off display of point feature by setting to none. Force point marker to be displayed by setting to on. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-line – Turn off display of line feature by setting to none. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-geomask – Wikidata item to use as a geomask (everything outside the boundary is shaded darker). Can either be a specific Wikidata item (Q-number), or a property that specifies the item to use (e.g. P17 for country (P17), P131 for located in the administrative territorial entity (P131)). Default: not specified
  • mapframe-switcher – set to auto or geomasks or zooms to enable Template:Switcher-style switching between multiple mapframes. Default: not specified
    • auto – switch geomasks found in location (P276) and located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) statements on the page's Wikidata item, searching recursively. E.g. an item's city, that city's state, and that state's country.
    • geomasks – switch between the geomasks specified as a comma-separated list of Wikidata items (Q-numbers) in the mapframe-geomask parameter
    • zooms – switch between "zoomed in"/"zoomed midway"/"zoomed out", where "zoomed in" is the default zoom (with a minimum of 3), "zoomed out" is 1, and "zoomed midway" is the average
• Other optional parameters:
  • mapframe-frame-width or mapframe-width – Frame width. Default: 270
  • mapframe-frame-height or mapframe-height – Frame height. Default: 200
  • mapframe-shape-fill – Color used to fill shape features. Default: #606060
  • mapframe-shape-fill-opacity – Opacity level of shape fill, a number between 0 and 1. Default: 0.5
  • mapframe-stroke-color or mapframe-stroke-colour – Color of line features, and outlines of shape features. Default: #ff0000
  • mapframe-stroke-width – Width of line features, and outlines of shape features; default is "5". Default: 5
  • mapframe-marker – Marker symbol to use for coordinates; see mw:Help:Extension:Kartographer/Icons for options. Default: museum
    • Can also be set to blank to override any default marker symbol
  • mapframe-marker-color or mapframe-marker-colour – Background color for the marker. Default: #5E74F3
  • mapframe-geomask-stroke-color or mapframe-geomask-stroke-colour – Color of outline of geomask shape. Default: #555555
  • mapframe-geomask-stroke-width – Width of outline of geomask shape. Default: 2
  • mapframe-geomask-fill – Color used to fill outside geomask features. Default: #606060
  • mapframe-geomask-fill-opacity – Opacity level of fill outside geomask features, a number between 0 and 1. Default: 0.5
  • mapframe-zoom – Set the zoom level, from "1" (map of earth) to "18" (maximum zoom in), to be used if the zoom level cannot be determined automatically from object length or area. Default: 10
  • mapframe-length_km or mapframe-length_mi or mapframe-area_km2 or mapframe-area_mi2 – Determine zoom level by passing in object's length (in kilometres or miles) or area (in square kilometres or square miles). Default: not specified
  • mapframe-frame-coordinates or mapframe-frame-coord – Alternate latitude and longitude coordinates for initial placement of map, using {{coord}}. Default: derived from item coordinates
  • mapframe-type – Set the type of the object, with the same usage as {{coord}}. Default: not specified
  • mapframe-population – Set the population, useful with type="city", for {{Infobox dim}}. Default: not specified

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• fn
• label
• locality
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• uid
• url
• vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox museum in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox museum

An infobox for museums

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	Name of the museum Example Foo Museum of Art	Unknown	suggested
Native name	native_name	Name of the museum in the local language, if different	Unknown	optional
Native name language	native_name_lang	The language of the native name	Unknown	optional
Logo	logo	Logo or graphic by which the museum is identified Example Louvre.jpg	File	suggested
Logo upright	logo_upright	Logo scaling factor	Number	optional
Logo alt text	logo_alt	Alt text for the logo, for people who can't see the image	Unknown	optional
Logo caption	logo_caption	The caption for the logo	String	optional
Image	image	An image of the museum Example Louvre.jpg	File	suggested
image_size	image_size imagesize	no description	String	optional
Image upright	image_upright	Scaling factor for the image	Number	optional
Image caption	caption	A caption for the image	String	optional
Image alt text	alt	Alt text for image, for people who can't see the image	String	optional
Map type	map_type pushpin_map image_map	The name of the map template used to construct location map, see Template:Location map#Available maps Example USA Alabama	Unknown	suggested
Map caption	map_caption	Text displayed below the map image, if latitude and longitude are used Example FooTown	Unknown	optional
Map size	map_size	Specify a pixel width for the map image Default 250 Example 250	Number	optional
Show map relief	map_relief pushpin_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	Boolean	optional
map_dot_label	map_dot_label map dot label	no description	String	optional
Former name	former_name former_names	Previous name(s)	Unknown	suggested
Established	established	Date of establishment, using {{Start date}} Example {{Start date|1997|03|31}}	Unknown	suggested
Dissolved	dissolved	If defunct, date the museum was dissolved. Use {{End date}} Example {{End date|2007|12|31}}	Unknown	optional
Location	location	Location of the museum Example [[National Mall]], [[Washington D.C.]], [[United States|US]]	Unknown	suggested
Coordinates	coordinates	Alternative to other coordinates parameters, taking {{Coord}} as a single value Example {{Coord|44.112|N|87.913|W|display=title}}	Unknown	optional
Type	type	Type of museum, most likely Art museum, Science museum, Children's museum or similar Example [[Art museum]]	Unknown	suggested
Accreditation	accreditation	no description Example [[American Alliance of Museums]]	Unknown	optional
Key holdings	key_holdings	Important holdings Example [[Flaming June]]	Unknown	optional
Collections	collections collections_type	The types of collections held by the museum Example [[Baroque]]	String	optional
Collection size	collection_size collection size collection	Number of objects Example 20,000	Number	optional
Visitors	visitors	Number of visitors Example 417,096 (2005)	Unknown	optional
Founder	founder	The museum's founder Example [[Harold Saxon]]	Unknown	optional
Executive director	executive_director executive director	The museum's executive director	Unknown	optional
Director	director	The museum's director	Unknown	optional
President	president	The museum's president	Unknown	optional
CEO	ceo	The museum's chief executive officer	Unknown	optional
Chairperson	chairperson	The museum's chair	Unknown	optional
Curator	curator	The curator of the museum	Unknown	optional
Architect	architect	The architect of the museum	Unknown	optional
Historian	historian	The historian of the museum	Unknown	optional
Owner	owner	The owner of the museum Example [[Government of the City of Miami]]	Unknown	optional
employees	employees	no description	String	optional
Public transport	publictransit	The nearest public transport stop Example [[Roosevelt/State (CTA)|Roosevelt Station]], [[Chicago Transit Authority]]	Unknown	optional
Parking	parking	The nearest parking Example On site (no charge)	Unknown	optional
Car park	car_park	Same as parking, but instead renders the label as "car park" for [[WP:ENGVAR]] purposes	Unknown	optional
Website	website	Official or primary website operated by the museum. Use the template {{URL}}. Example {{URL|example.org}}	Unknown	suggested
Network	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]	Unknown	optional
nrhp	nrhp	no description	Unknown	optional
embedded	embedded embed	no description	Unknown	optional
leader_type	leader_type	no description	String	optional
leader	leader	no description	String	optional
map_alt	map_alt	no description	String	optional

Examples

British Museum

Aerial shot of the British Museum
Established	7 June 1753 (1753-06-07)
Location	Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, England, United Kingdom
Collection size	approx. 8 million objects
Visitors	4,097,253 (2022) (up 209 per cent from 2021) Ranked third nationally
Chair	George Osborne
Director	Hartwig Fischer
Public transit access	Goodge Street; Holborn; Tottenham Court Road; Russell Square;
Area	807,000 sq ft (75,000 m2) 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<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| location        = [[Great Russell Street]], London WC1B 3DG, England, United Kingdom
| leader_type     = Chair
| leader          = [[George Osborne]]
| director        = [[Hartwig Fischer]]
| visitors        = 4,097,253 (2022)<ref>Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), 22 March 2022</ref> (up 209 per cent from 2021)
* [[Most visited museums in the United Kingdom|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<br /> 94 galleries}}
}}

National Museum of Natural History

Main facade
Established	1910 (1910)
Location	National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates	38.8913°N 77.0259°W / 38.8913; -77.0259
Type	Natural History
Collection size	146,000,000 specimens
Visitors	573,000 (2020) 4,200,000 (2019) 4,800,000 (2018)
Director	Kirk Johnson
Employees	427
Public transit access	at Federal Triangle
Website	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 
  <ref name="mediafactsheet">{{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 
  }}</ref>
| collection_size = 146,000,000 specimens
  <ref name="mediafactsheet">{{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 
  }}</ref>
| visitors        = 
{{unbulleted list
  | 573,000 (2020)
  <ref>{{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]
  }}</ref>
  | 4,200,000 (2019)
  <ref>{{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]
  }}</ref>
  | 4,800,000 (2018) 
  <ref>{{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]
  }}</ref>
}}
| director        = [[Kirk Johnson (Scientist)|Kirk Johnson]]
| curator         = 
| publictransit   = {{WMATA link logo}} {{rint|washington|bl}} {{rint|washington|or}} {{rint|washington|sv}} at [[Federal Triangle (WMATA station)|Federal Triangle]]
| website         = {{URL|https://naturalhistory.si.edu/}}
}}

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