The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has started a project called Steve Tagger. According to the museum:

“Steve” is a collaborative research project exploring the potential for user-generated descriptions of the subjects of works of art to improve access to museum collections and encourage engagement with cultural content. We are a group of volunteers, primarily from art museums, who share a common interest in improving access to our collections. We are concerned about barriers to public access to online museum information. Participation in steve is open to anyone with a contribution to make to developing our collective knowledge, whether they formally represent a museum or not.

Anyone can register for free and start tagging the museum’s collection (at least the works of art displayed online)

Judy Breck has also posted an article on the smart Mobs blog about ‘smart mobby activity at the Met Museum tagging site‘

While I’m wondering if we are facing a wise crowd, initiatives like the one of the Met Museum and the davos question show that some people have complete trust in the collective intelligence.