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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelThe use of the Art Collection of the University of Porto in teaching and research The Art Collection of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP) mainly consists of works created in class by young artists during their learning and educational period. These works are collected primarily ...
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2008-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelThe Vienna University Observatory The Vienna University Observatory, housing what was once the world’s largest refracting telescope, still serves as a centre of astronomical research and teaching.
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelThe ‘Ferreira da Silva’ Chemistry Laboratory a valuable asset in a university collectionThe relevant scientific and teaching activity in chemistry the Polytechnic Academy of Porto was involved in, at the turn of the 19th century, led to the decision of assigning a significant area of a building under construction ...
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2012-01-16ZeitschriftenartikelTo touch the past: The painted pottery of the Mimbres people at the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota The Weisman Art Museum holds a large collection of Mimbres painted pottery (1000 to 1150), resulting from an excavation in Southern New Mexico by university faculty and students from 1929 to 1931. Pottery, jewelry, ceramic ...
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2010-10-25ZeitschriftenartikelTromsø Museum: museum and university in the north Muzeum w Tromso: muzeum i uniwersytet na północy Muzeum w Tromsa zostało założone w 1872 roku. Podczas oficjalnej inauguracji Uniwersytetu wTroms0 w 1972 roku, Muzeum mogło pochwalić się już stuletnią historią. Przez ...
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2012-01-16ZeitschriftenartikelTurning the museum indside out: The biological sciences at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia New biological sciences laboratories at Macquarie University have a range of advanced learning technologies to cater for large numbers of undergraduate students. This has provided the opportunity to develop an extended ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUMAC worldwide database A web-based database has been developed in support of UMAC's mission. The database aims at providing a global directory of university museums and collections to be used by UMAC, researchers, students and the general public ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUMAC: Information, Ideas and International Collegiality The International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC) identifies and enhances the strengths of university museums and collections. To do this, UMAC must find ground common to all the museums and ...
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2011-08-18ZeitschriftenartikelUn nuevo museo diseñado en torno a sus audiencias Audience-based Design for a New Museum
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2011-08-18ZeitschriftenartikelUna propuesta simple y necesaria: la expansión del papel del museo de arte para la Universidad de Harvard A Simple and Necessary Proposition: An Expanded Role for the Art Museum at Harvard University
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2010-11-17ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity art museums in Brazil: in search of new and old audiences This article aims at comparing the number of visitors in Brazilian university and non-university museums of art. It will also try to explain the ways in which universities adopt in order to captivate new/old audiences ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity collections and object-based pedagogies Engagement with objects, either directly or through digital media, has long been recognized as a viable, constructivist pedagogy, capable of mediating significant meaning and context. The increasing uptake of digital ...
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2012-10-24Teil eines PeriodikumsUniversity collections and university history and identity Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the International Committee of ICOM for University Museums and Collections (UMAC), Lisbon, Portugal, 21st–25th September 2011
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity collections as a tool for teaching multimedia literacy The rapidly growing use of digital media demands adequate multimedia and information technology skills. Students without sufficient media literacy are in need of further training. University collections provide a setting ...
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2006-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity collections as custodians of oral heritage - some examples from Germany Obecnie światowa baza danych muzeów i zbiorów uniwersyteckich UMAC (UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections) zawiera informacje o siedmiu kolekcjach przechowujących historycznie ważne nośniki dźwięków ...
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2010-11-12ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums
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2012-01-16Teil eines PeriodikumsUniversity Museums and Collections as Recorders of Cultural and Natural Communities Worldwide Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the International Committee of ICOM for Universitiy Museaum and Collections (UMAC), Shanghai, China, 7th - 12th November 2010
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2009-01-07ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums and collections in Mexico An overviewThrough five questions that connect the university heritage and the museums, the author points out the convenience of thinking the university museums as spaces of interaction. This patrimonial perspective can increase the ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums and collections of natural history Natural history museums and collections at American universities have been in decline for the past 30 years, due in part to increasing constraints on the financial support framework and the perception that natural history ...
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2005-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums and formative experiences in natural history Many people who develop a passion for natural histoiy report formative experiences from their youth while exploring creeks and woodlands in their local area. With the advent of the internet and increased urbanization in ...
