Browsing University Museums and Collections Journal 3/2010 by Title
Now showing items 9-28 of 32
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2011-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelMendel Museum, the first university museum in the Czech Republic – Short excursion to the history of university museums in the Czech Republic Mendel Museum has been a part of Masaryk University since 2007 and is the first comprehensive university museum in the modern history of the Czech Republic. It aims to promote the legacy of Gregor Johann Mendel, the ...
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2011-02-10ZeitschriftenartikelMicrocosms: an introduction to an interdisciplinary museum project This paper summarizes the questions raised by the research of Microcosms, an interdisciplinary, multi-campus research project at the University of California. This project considers the role of material collections in the ...
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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelMuseums between Enlightenment and Romanticism. Early nineteenth century roots and modern practices The early history of the three large National Museums in Leiden, the Netherlands, is characterized by Enlightenment principles such as education, instruction and foremost rationalism. However, it would be a mistake to think ...
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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelNew perspectives and audiences for the university collections in Amsterdam Major investments and organizational restructuring have led to important changes for the collections and museums of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. These developments, which have resulted in a rather large ...
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2011-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelObject handling in the archaeology classroom – Strategies for success Direct encounters with archaeological materials are an effective way to teach the practical side of the discipline while developing transferable skills such as observation, deductive reasoning, critical analysis and group ...
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2011-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelObject-based learning in higher education: The pedagogical power of museums Following a special conference focused on object-based learning in higher education at University College London (UCL), this paper provides the overview for a series of subsequent papers which explore the value of object-based ...
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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelOf the sacred and the secular: Missionary collections in university museums In 1882, Dr George Leslie Mackay (1844–1901), a Canadian Presbyterian missionary, established the earliest higher education institution in Taiwan, the Oxford College (today’s Aletheia University), and the first university ...
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2011-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelOld bones, digital narratives: Investigating the Peter B. Cornwall Collection in the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum A joint team of archaeologists from the University of California, Berkeley and Sonoma State University are examining a collection of artifacts and skeletal material excavated by Peter B. Cornwall in Bahrain and eastern ...
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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelOnline collaboration and knowledge dissemination for university collections Universities and university museums are faced with numerous challenges regarding access to their collections for diverse user communities. In today’s electronic age, a new model has emerged for granting online access to ...
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2011-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelPractical concerns when implementing object-based teaching in higher education The first rule of business is “know your customer”. This essay focuses on the user’s perspective: what do tutors need to make OBL an attractive proposition? It dissects three customer needs: the need for engagement, ...
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2011-02-10Teil eines PeriodikumsPutting University Collections to Work in Teaching and Research
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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelReaching out and reaching across: Collections and social inclusion This paper discusses the ongoing efforts of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, at the University of Oregon, to diversify itself and the publics it serves through programming, community outreach, institutional change and ...
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2011-02-10ZeitschriftenartikelRelocation and revaluation in university collections, or, Rubbish Theory revisited Objects move from place to place, discipline to discipline, into and out of collections within the university (even at times into and out of the university). In the course of these relocations, these objects also continually ...
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2011-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelReorganizing a 20th century cabinet of curiosities into a museum for the 21st century This paper describes the life of a university museum that was born in the 1980s and transformed in the 21st century. Over a period of 25 years Professor Reverte collected more than 3700 objects and set up an authentic ...
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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelSaving our contemporary scientific and technical heritage with a safeguarding methodology Science and technology have never known such advances as in the last 60 years. Consequently, the ideas and objects from the people that have made the events and milestones of scientific evolution in their university research ...
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2011-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelSequel – An artistic collaboration between the Slade School of Fine Art and UCL Museums & Collections Students of the UCL Slade School of Fine Art made new work in response to old works in the UCL Art Collections for on-line and physical exhibition in the first half of 2009. This was the first collaboration of this sort ...
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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelSupporting interdisciplinary teaching and research with the Museum of Anthropology’s Online Artifact Database We present a case study of how the Museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest University developed and implemented a database system and online information service to promote and preserve its collections and make information ...
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2011-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelThe educational values of the University of California Museum of Paleontology The University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) maintains the largest university museum fossil collection in the world and promotes research and education at its home, University of California, Berkeley, and far ...
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2011-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe exhibition of scientific principles: a case study from the Biological Sciences Museum at Macquarie University The educational role of museums requires that exhibition practice be informed by sound scholarship. In a university science museum, exhibitions should deploy objects and use space in a way that exemplifies the scientific ...
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2011-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe Museum Collections of Craft Teacher Training. Cultural heritage serving education and research Craft science only got its name in the early 1990s. Its field of research combines science, art and technology. The Collections of Craft Teacher Training in the Helsinki University Museum present the link between tradition ...
