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This Month in GLAM – Volume XV, Issue VII, July 2025

Portugal report

Program, Tours & Culture: Your GLAM Wiki 2025 Update

Thematic panels

This year’s panels will bring together leaders from Wikimedia and partner institutions to discuss the future of cultural heritage, digital resilience, and community strength.

Building the Future of Cultural Heritage (PT)

Giovanna Fontenelle (WMF)
Dulce Fontes (Biblioteca Nacional Portugal)
Laercia Insali (WM Guine Bissau)
Tiago Lubiana (BHL)
Carlos Silva (WMPT)

Digital Resilience

Nat Baca (WMF)
Doug McCarthy (Open Future)
George Oates (Flickr Foundation)
Lorena Aldana (Europeana)
+ 2 TBC

Community Resilience

Fiona Romeo (WMF)
Dee Harris (Creative Commons)
Alice Kibombo (AfLIA)
Eric Luth (WMSE)
Flavia Doria (WELx)
+ 1 TBC

Tours

Ready to explore Lisbon’s cultural treasures? GLAM Wiki participants will be able to join 18 guided tours across museums, archives, libraries, galleries, cemeteries, monuments, and more. Tours run from 10:00 on 29 October to 18:00 on 2 November. Don’t miss this chance to connect with local heritage — and remember to do what Wikimedians do best: document your visits on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata!

Tour sign-up opens 19 September. More info will be available [here].

Culture program

In addition to the panels and workshops, the conference offers plenty of opportunities to connect and celebrate with fellow participants:

30 October – Concert, Award Ceremony & Reception (19:00–21:00) – Goethe-Institut Lisbon
31 October – Film Screening (19:30) – Cinemateca Portuguesa
1 November – Closing Party (19:00) – Carpintarias de São Lázaro

Swags

Pack light, but don’t forget to bring a t-shirt, tote bag, denim jacket, or anything you’d like to customize! AtelierSER, the creative studio behind GLAM Wiki’s visual identity, will host live screen-printing sessions, so you can take home a unique piece of conference memorabilia.

Key dates

Make sure to save these important dates:

20/09 - Tour sign-up opens
22/09 - Public program published
29/09 - Volunteer Signup
30/09 - Registration closes

Spread the word!

Are you joining GLAM Wiki 2025? Show your excitement on social media and help us spread the word!

We’ve prepared a first batch of visual materials, featuring icons for each of the four thematic tracks of the conference:

Collections beyond GLAM – exploring underrepresented collections, traditional knowledge, restitution, minority and underrepresented languages, decolonization, and the gender gap.
Community and Sustainability – focusing on the Global GLAM Strategy, partnerships, governance, and community resilience.
Emergency and Recovery – tackling challenges such as climate change, natural disasters, war zones, human rights, and culture-averse governments.
Tools in Practice – highlighting innovative tools, good practices, AI, metrics, and Wikimedia’s tech infrastructure.

The “Participate” tab on the GLAM Wiki 2025 page lists some of the available materials and categories on Wikimedia Commons with all pieces. Feel free to use, remix, and share them across your channels!