Browsing University Museums and Collections Journal 5/2012 by Title
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelA portal to Dutch academic heritage The UNICUM development project, commissioned by the Dutch Academic Heritage Foundation (SAE), has been carried out by the five classic Dutch universities in 2010-12. UNICUM, short for ‘University Collections and University ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelAdding value University museums and collections – and the cultural, educational and research potential that they represent to a campus landscape – can appear at times insufficiently recognized by their host institutions as relevant and ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelComplutense Art Centre Complutense Art Centre (c art c) is located in the centre of the University City. In 2009, it began with a new room of temporary exhibitions approximately 400qm for showing contemporary artists and the heritage of the ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelCorrelation between instrument collection and archive sources of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona The collection of scientific instruments for teaching and research of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona is under study to increase the information and knowledge of each item. The main sources of information ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelFor the public, with the public, by the public University museums have played a significant role in the development of science and engineering knowledge for a long time. The first professorship of technology at Edinburgh University was synonymous with the position of ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelIntangible histories and the invisible technician It is the technicians in a university science department who often provide the most continuity: they have a permanence and a range of activities that, in the course of their time at a single lab, they often see come and ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelInterpreting indigenous art in university collections Debates on the representation of indigenous cultures in museums have come to the fore in the past thirty years. This paper examines the context for the opening of Waipapa Marae at the University of Auckland in 1988. It ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelMaking the museum visible The Veterinary Museum, Complutense University, Madrid, is an interesting example of institutional adaptation. From its establishment, it has had to reinvent itself in response to political, social, economic and academic ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelPast and current identity of the Zoology Museum of Ghent University This paper investigates the history and aim of the Ghent University Zoology Museum on a whole, and looks at the achievements of its more interesting directors and curators in specific. In 1817 Ghent University purchased a ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelPrivate donations and the collecting legacy of Luis Simarro to the heritage of Complutense University of Madrid One of the most important private donations in the Complutense University of Madrid is Luis Simarro's legacy. The Simarro Foundation was formed in 1927 with a collection of paintings by Simarro’s friends such as Sorolla, ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelProposed European anatomical collections network Universities, colleges, medical institutions and professional societies in the past used their museums as tools to establish themselves as the rightful producers of anatomical knowledge. Anatomical and medical museums, ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelRecent recommendations by the German Council of Science and Humanities on scientific collections as research infrastructures The German Council of Science and Humanities provides advice to the German government and states on the structure and development of higher education and research. In January 2011, the Council presented recommendations on ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelTaking care of identity, memories and heritages This paper presents the project “Planning Unifal’s museum: the student’s relationship with Unifal’s heritage and memory” that is being developed since 2008 in order to guide the students of the university and stimulate the ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelThe collection of a non-collecting institution This is a case study of how the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington, a non-collecting institution, became responsible for a collection of some 750 works of all different sizes and media that had accumulated ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelThe historical instruments from Valongo Observatory,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Valongo Observatory is part of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1881 with the primary mission of being used for the practical lessons given at Rio de Janeiro Polytechnic School. It has a ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelThe new communication technologies for sharing and participatory Italian university museums Thanks to their peculiar identities linked to the specific disciplines which determined their creation, university museums offer an interesting experience to reflect on the role that the community of museum professionals ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelThe Polo Museale of Sapienza University of Rome Over the years museums used new technologies to catalogue their collections both for internal management and to make them available to citizens, scholars and tourists. New technologies meet their needs by disseminating ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelThe University of Lisbon’s cultural heritage survey (2010–2011) In this paper, a survey of the cultural heritage of the University of Lisbon (2010–2011) will be presented, with a focus on the methodological approach. Main results will be discussed, as well as future perspectives regarding ...
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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelThe ‘Ferreira da Silva’ Chemistry Laboratory The 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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2012-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity 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 ...
