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Thanks to your support, local associations like Wikimedia CH are able to build partnerships with institutions like the Musée du Louvre or the Smithsonian Institution. Here is an example of what we realized in Italian Switzerland:

''The project of the History of the Alps is an excellent example of collaboration with scientific and cultural institutions and of the involvement of the Universities to improve the quality of Wikipedia.

''With this project we will transferred in Wikipedia, and in the sister projects like Wikisource, all the tools for people who want to learn and to study the Alps, their history and their culture.

''Together with the International Association for the History of the Alps and the scientific institute LabiSAlp in Mendrisio, Wikimedia CH will provide fundamental texts, scientific papers, iconographic material about the Alps. This material will be made available freely and easily in Wikimedia projects.

''All this is possible thanks to your contributions and it allows to use a cultural heritage otherwise hard to find. Wikimedia CH Board member
 * Ilario Valdelli