Browsing University Museums and Collections Journal 1/2008 by Title
Now showing items 8-26 of 26
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2008-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelPoster session
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2008-12-17ZeitschriftenartikelSecuring the mission through strategic planning The Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, USA provides a centralized location where collections are made, researched, interpreted, exhibited, and preserved for the benefit of the academic and the broader ...
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2008-11-21ZeitschriftenartikelStaying essential University Museums are outstanding resources and afford a unique opportunity for effective object based learning, the dissemination of subject specific, observational, practical and other transferable skills. Further, they ...
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2008-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelThe Archive for Architecture (Archiv für Baukunst) at the University of Innsbruck The Archive for Architecture (Archiv für Baukunst) at the University of Innsbruck was established in 2005 through a unique collaboration of stakeholders, but faces long term financial challenges if it is to continue to add ...
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2008-12-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna The University of Vienna’s historic Botanical Garden is an important resource for biological research, education, and conservation with a long-standing historical tradition, and a popular public venue, attracting 100,000 ...
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2008-12-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe challenges for Austrian university museums and collections within the University Law 2002 The Austrian University Law of 2002 has brought about legal and financial changes within universities. Some of these changes are welcome, but others pose new challenges for university collections, which must adapt if they ...
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2009-01-07ZeitschriftenartikelThe Collection of Pharmaceutical Objects of the University of Vienna The University of Vienna’s pharmaceutical collections derive from a range of historic sources, and range in date from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
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2008-12-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe collection of the Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna The collections at the University of Vienna’s Institute of Classical Archaeology, built up over 150 years, are a crucial asset for the training of today’s archaeologists.
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2008-12-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe collections at the University of Vienna A project to identify and promote the entire collections of the University of Vienna has demonstrated the need for curatorial support networks to assist those responsible for caring for them.
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2008-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelThe Collections of the University of Applied Arts Vienna The Collections of the University of Applied Arts include works of art, architecture and design, and have recently expanded to incorporate costume and fashion collections. They are actively used in research and teaching.
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2009-01-07ZeitschriftenartikelThe Drug Collection of the University of Vienna The University of Vienna’s drug collection, located in the Department of Pharmacognosy, represents a comprehensive and valuable group of medicinal drugs, accumulated over 150 years.
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2008-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelThe Hans Gross Museum of Criminology at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz The Hans Gross Museum of Criminology combines scientific research and academic activity with a wide range of public events, such as crime thriller readings and stage plays, connecting the campus with the wider community.
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2008-12-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe Helsinki University Museum and its responsibility to preserve the heritage of university history The facilities at the University of Helsinki have undergone major changes during the past couple of decades. Several of its institutions have been relocated to newer and more efficient facilities in campus areas outside ...
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2009-01-09ZeitschriftenartikelThe museum of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Catania The University of Catania, founded in 1434, today has 15 museums, which were planned in 1997 and gradually opened over the following decade. The museum of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, known as the Museo della ...
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2008-12-18Zeitschriftenartikel‘The Sound of Silver’ In December 2007, the Naughton Gallery at Queen's will unveil a major, semi-permanent exhibition of silverware and sonic art, funded principally by NESTA (www.nesta.org.uk). Using technology developed by the University's ...
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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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2009-01-07ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums and collections in Mexico Through 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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2009-01-07ZeitschriftenartikelUnpacked: The collections of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg The Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany, holds about 17 scientific collections. Some of them have been established only recently, others date back to the very foundation of the university ...
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2008-12-12ZeitschriftenartikelWhat makes scientific communities think the preservation of their heritage is important? The aim of this paper is to analyse the various role that were conferred to university collections and museums within the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg for the last thirty years. This reflection is at the crossroad ...
