International Museum Day

annual international day observed on or around 18 May and coordinated by the International Council of Museums
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International Museum Day

Summary

International Museum Day is a world day[1]. It draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (world_day category, ranking #30 of 248).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Museum Day is the creator of International Council of Museums[3].
  • International Museum Day's image is recorded as Banner del Día Internacional de los Museos 2021.jpg[4].
  • International Museum Day's instance of is recorded as world day[5].
  • museum is named after International Museum Day[6].
  • International Museum Day's Commons category is recorded as International Museum Day[7].
  • International Museum Day's commemorates is recorded as museum[8].
  • +1977-05-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Museum Day[9].
  • International Museum Day's start time is recorded as +1977-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • International Museum Day's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r4t6n[11].
  • International Museum Day's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as May 18[12].
  • International Museum Day's official website is recorded as http://imd.icom.museum[13].
  • International Museum Day's main subject is recorded as museum[14].
  • International Museum Day's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 14651[15].

Body

Works and Contributions

International Museum Day is the creator of International Council of Museums[3].

Why It Matters

International Museum Day draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (world_day category, ranking #30 of 248).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . icom.museum. icom.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . icom.museum. icom.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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