Wikipedia connects half a billion people to UK regional museum via QR codes

So far in 2011 Wikipedians have written and translated 1,200 new articles to allow the Derby Museum & Art Gallery’s collection to be read in over a dozen languages using QRpedia codes.

Derby Museum using multilingual QR codes on Vimeo.

This has resulted in high search rankings for the museum and greater public engagement. Well done folks!

Hat tip: Steve Virgin