Victoria Leachman

Kiwi Wikipedians at Wikimania 2023

Once a year around 2000 Wikipedians – the dedicated writers, researchers, photographers, data scientists, developers, and more who improve Wikipedia and its related sites day by day – get together for Wikimania, the annual conference covering anything and everything Wikipedia. Over several days they get deep into what’s new, share exciting projects, and work out how to turn normal people into new Wikipedia editors. From the kiwi contingent, Te Papa’s Heidi Meudt, Lucy Schrader, and Victoria Leachman report back on Wikimania 2023.Read more

By: Lucy Schrader, Heidi Meudt and Victoria Leachman

On: 19 Dec 2023

In: Behind the scenes

Room filled with Māori carvings, feather cloaks and paddles.

Help reconnect taonga with their communities and history

We’re searching for ‘volunpeers’ to transcribe and digitise the business records of W O Oldman, a British collector and dealer in ethnographic art. Read more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 22 Dec 2018

In: Behind the scenes, History

Clianthus puniceus (G. Don) Banks & Solander ex Lindley; Plate 432

Constantly clearing copyright: Colour prints from the Banks’ Florilegium

Rights Manager Victoria Leachman highlights the latest items to be cleared for Collections Online: a series of beautiful, hand-coloured Banks’ Florilegium copperplate engravings. Part of the role of the rights team at Te Papa is to clear copyright in collection items so Te Papa staff can take and use images. TheRead more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 2 Jun 2017

In: Art

How people are using Te Papa’s collection images

Te Papa’s rights guru Victoria Leachman runs through some of her favourite recent comments from people downloading images from our Collections Online database.Read more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 26 Jan 2017

In: Art, Behind the scenes, Collections Online, Photography

Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1650 - 1683 by Jan Davidsz. de Heem. Oil on copper. On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest). Rijksmuseum

Get Downloading – 20 great GLAM websites for free high resolution images

People often ask me where they can find images of collection items that they can reuse for free. There is no single website hosting all of the reusable images available so I thought I’d list my favourite galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) that make at least some images of theirRead more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 1 Mar 2016

In: Art, Collections Online

Can’t Touch This (Or Can You?): An Experience in Rights Management

“How do you feel about working in copyright?”, my academic supervisor asked me back in April. My response was non-committal. I may not have been sure exactly where my interests lay in the museum sector, but I didn’t think that copyright was on my radar at all. However I decidedRead more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 15 Jul 2015

In: Behind the scenes

Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand GLAM Road Trip Poster, 2015. © Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Hitting the Road for Creative Commons and National Services Te Paerangi

In March and some of April this year I was away from Te Papa going around the country talking with others from the gallery, library, archive and museum sector (GLAMs) for the Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand GLAM Road Trip 2015. The Road Trip provided free workshops and events forRead more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 20 May 2015

In: Behind the scenes

Copyright and Creative Commons Road Trip in March 2015

I’m Victoria Leachman, Rights Adviser at Te Papa. Thanks to support from National Services Te Paerangi and Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand I’m going to be on the road around the country in March. I’ll be talking with staff from heritage institutions about copyright, collections, and Creative Commons. If you’re aRead more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 23 Feb 2015

In: Behind the scenes

Can I use Images from Te Papa’s Collection Online? The difference between Commercial and Non-Commercial Use

Te Papa’s released a bunch of images for you to reuse if you meet certain conditions. One of the conditions is your use must be non-commercial. Here are some examples that will help you figure that out. A non-commercial use in a non-profit setting Judy is a student putting togetherRead more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 3 Oct 2011

In: Collections Online

Digitisation, Copyright and Collections Online

Jim Barr and Mary Barr asked a good question about digitisation priorities in their blog. There are 3 parts to digitising Te Papa’s Collection. Information about the artwork or object – information about all the art collection was released on Collections Online last year Photography – do we have a digital photograph? CopyrightRead more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 10 Jun 2009

In: Art

New Website to Inspire Teaching and Learning of Te Reo Māori

A new website from the Ministry of Education features images from Te Papa’s collection. He Reo Kōmanawa: Images to Inspire Teaching and Learning Te Reo Māori is a digital resource for Te Reo Māori teachers and learners. The website includes a framework for designing sequences of teaching and learning tasks forRead more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 8 Jun 2009

In: Māori

Latest artworks uploaded to Collections Online

Collections Online now features more images of artworks from Te Papa’s Collection. In the past six weeks over 200 more images have been uploaded for you to view. But have you ever wondered about how we get these images online? One of the main challenges for Te Papa is copyright.Read more

By: Victoria Leachman

On: 27 May 2009

In: Art, Collections Online

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