Commons:GLAM/Fondazione Mansutti

Mansutti Foundation cooperates with the Wikimedia projects providing quality content. To facilitate this process, an Italian Wikimedia consultant is working for a few months at the Foundation and remotely.

The wkipedian in residence has the duty to carry out this project, by inserting the contents of the projects and explaining the potential employees of the Foundation, in order to spread the philosophy and operation of the Wikimedia projects. Activities will also provide assistance in the activity of content loading (pictures, bibliographic sources, texts and so on), which will also facilitate cooperation with the community of Wikipedians.

What is Mansutti Foundation

Mansutti Foundation is an heritage foundation based in Milan and dedicated to the history of insurance, taking care and protecting the historical and artistic heritage related to this topic. The Foundation has a large cultural heritage which consists of four distinct collections: books, posters, policies and fire plates. The library consists of about six thousand volumes: ancient books, modern books and periodicals that focus on insurance history, which includes also some manuscripts, including the usury treaty of Saint Bernardino of Siena (15th century). The Foundation's museum includes a collection of about 2500 insurance policies, a collection of over 300 posters of insurance companies, a fund of 837 fire plates collected in Italy and Hungary.

The collaboration in a few words

The figure of the wikipedian in residence at Mansutti Foundation was established in February 2016, following an agreement with Wikimedia Italy, ICOM Italy and Museimpresa. After a public selection, they chose a consultant for two months to carry out this activity.

Who works there

The wikipedian in residence for 2016 is Simone Massi ("Archeologo" on the wiki projects). Contact him for any questions.