Commons:WikiProject Museums/Museums naming

Museums are institutions whose name is generally officialy defined. For categories and articles related to a museum, we should always follow this official name.

Examples

• Musée du Louvre
• Category:Museo Gregoriano Etrusco

When several museums are likely to share the same base name, they could be distinguished by appending the city name, using a comma as separator.

Examples

• National Gallery, London
• Category:Cabinet des médailles, Paris

For accessibility reasons, using the latin alphabet is recommended (specially for categories because redirections don't work). For museums whose official name doesn't match, the most current “latinized” name should be used instead. This will generally be the English translation, as found on the English Wikipedia, but the situation must be evaluated for each case.

Examples

• Category:Foundation of the Hellenic World (rather than “Ίδρυμα Μείζονος Ελληνισμού”)
• Category:Japan Toy Museum (rather than “日本玩具博物館”)