Wiki Loves Monuments 2025: Photography Competition Open!

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photo competition to promote historic sites around the world through Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Have you participated before? You can get straight to it and UPLOAD HERE.

Hosted by Wikimedia Community Ireland Wiki Loves Monuments is a photography contest that showcases Irish-built heritage from all regions. It also aims to celebrate and encourage the preservation and promotion of built heritage via Wikimedia Projects.

From churches to bridges, canal locks to market halls, every spot on our interactive map is a piece of Ireland’s built heritage that needs a photograph, which means we need your help.

Wiki Loves Monuments will be taking place again from the 24th of August to the 30th of September and is open to all, professional and amateur photographers alike! All you need to take part is a camera or a phone and a way to upload your photos to Wiki Commons.

What is Wiki Loves Monuments?

Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photographic event which takes place every September around the world.

The competition aims to bring together people who value their local historic environment, calling on amateur and professional photographers alike to capture images of the world’s historic monuments. Ireland’s list is compiled from sites that are either publicly owned or are available to visit, and are listed by either the National Monuments Service and the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Visit the interactive map to see all 7000+ eligible monuments here.

The photos are then shared under a free licence via Wikimedia Commons, a free media repository which along with other things provides most of the images for Wikipedia.

Entries can be images taken specially for the competition, or photographs you have taken in the past.

Winners will be notified by email and announced on this website, on Facebook, Twitter and the Wikimedia Community Ireland mailing list.

How to Enter

Find your nearest eligible national monuments from the map here. The red dots are monuments with no photograph yet.
Have a read of the rules and tips, found here.
Go out and take your best shots.
Upload your images to Wikimedia Commons here or through the interactive map. Then follow the steps in the uploader.

Note: You’ll be asked to register an account with Wikimedia Commons if you haven’t already, and don’t forget to add your email for when you win!

An Clochán Liath, Ireland

Prizes

This year we are delighted to announce that along with the national prizes we will have a special category for images uploaded by a newcomer from each province!

National Contest

First Place: €250

Second Place: €125

Third Place: €75

Honourable Mention: €40 (7 prizes)

Special Prize: Newcomers from Each Province

Munster: €30

Connaught: €30

Ulster: €30

Leinster: €30

*All prizes will be awarded in the form of a oneforall or Amazon voucher.

Why Participate?

Participants will see their photos used in Wikipedia articles with a potential audience in the hundreds of millions

All entrants help to provide a range of locally sourced images that are available for use on Wikipedia and elsewhere.

Aside from being great fun, Wiki Loves Monuments is a way of capturing a snapshot of Ireland’s cultural heritage for future generations. Over time, the collections gathered throughout the competition will become an incredibly useful historical resource.

Looking for Inspiration for Wiki Loves Monuments? Visit the virtual exhibition now!

Explore the very first digital exhibition of winning photographs from the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest. Hosted by Wikimedia Community Ireland, this exhibition showcases Irish built heritage from all regions. It also aims to celebrate and encourage the preservation and promotion of digital heritage via Wikimedia Projects. Open knowledge is accessible freely accessible to all so please enjoy these exceptional examples of photos that capture important parts of Irish history.