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This template adds an automatically generated short descriptionwhen Type includes one of: Museum / Hall / Gallery / Center. If the automatic short description is not optimal, replace it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article.
{{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 =| 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
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.
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]]
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 ਦੇਸ਼ (P17), P131 for ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਾਸਨਿਕ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਿਤ (P131)). Default:museum
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 ਥਾਂ (P276) and ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਾਸਨਿਕ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਿਤ (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
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
Microformat
The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article 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.
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_sizeimagesize
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_typepushpin_mapimage_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
ਮੂਲ ਰੂਪ
250
Example
250
Number
optional
Show map relief
map_reliefpushpin_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
ਬੂਲੀਅਨ (ਸੱਚ/ਝੂਠ ਕਿਸਮ)
optional
map_dot_label
map_dot_labelmap dot label
no description
String
optional
Former name
former_nameformer_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}}
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
embeddedembed
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
Lua error in ਮੌਡਿਊਲ:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Central London" does not exist.
{{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
| pushpin_map = Central London
| 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}}
}}
{{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,title}}
| 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/}}
}}