Hands-On Workshop at
the Maryland Center for History and Culture
This hands-on workshop will serve as an introduction to Quire, an open-source publishing tool developed by Getty and available for anyone to use for free. Held in conjunction with the biannual National Museum Publishing Seminar and in partnership with the Maryland Center for History and Culture, this workshop is free and open to all levels of technical experience. Attendance is limited to 10 participants.
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore , MD 21201
| 1:00–2:00 p.m. | Part 1: Introduction to Basic Concepts |
| 2:00-2:30 p.m. | Coffee Break & Troubleshooting |
| 2:30–4:00 p.m. | Part 2: Basic Concepts in Action + Opportunities to Go Deeper |
Part 1: Introduction to Basic Concepts
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Erin Cecele Dunigan, Quire Community Manager, and Greg Albers, Digital Publications Manager at Getty, will kick off the three-hour workshop by briefly introducing Quire and its many benefits. Part 1 will focus on introducing attendees to the basic concepts of how the tool functions, including learning to operate the command line and using a text editor to store content in Markdown.
Part 2: Basic Concepts in Action + Opportunities to Go Deeper
2:30–4:00 p.m.
The latter half of the day will see the concepts covered in Part 1 implemented. Attendees will be guided through setting up a new Quire project and editing content. The workshop will then dive deeper into storing data in YAML, adding images, using figure shortcodes, and making customizations. The goal is for participants to get comfortable navigating the tool so they feel confident and empowered to continue working independently after the workshop.
Participants must bring their own laptop and complete the necessary setup requirements (which include installing Quire and downloading other free software) before the workshop. Details will be provided the week before the event. Questions can be sent to quire@getty.edu.
About Quire
Quire is a free, open-source digital publishing tool developed by Getty to address challenges around the discoverability, longevity, and sustainability of online scholarly publications. Quire’s strength lies in transforming a single set of files into a dynamic and fully-featured website, downloadable PDF, e-book, and print-on-demand book. Quire excels at long-form, visually-rich publishing and is designed to be flexible and deeply customizable. A growing international community of academics and arts and cultural heritage professionals are utilizing Quire to create everything from collection and exhibition catalogues to conference proceedings, journals, student research projects, and more. View them on the Quire community showcase.
About the Maryland Center for History and Culture
The Maryland Center for History and Culture — formerly the Maryland Historical Society — is the oldest continuously operating nonprofit cultural institution in the state. MCHC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that houses a collection of 7 million books, documents, manuscripts, and photographs, and 350,000 objects in its museum and library located in Baltimore.
About the National Museum Publishing Seminar
The National Museum Publishing Seminar was founded in 1989 to provide resources for and build a community of publishing professionals in museum settings. Supported by the University of Chicago Graham School and planned by museum representatives from across the globe, this conference brings together experts from every aspect of museum publication production, from book proposals to distribution, print and digital. This broad and diverse community is working together to communicate the crucial—and ever-changing—role of the museum today.
