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  • Conference ‘Researcher Meets Curator’

    University of Maastricht Maastricht, Netherlands

    Conference on the trends in scientist biographies and its consequences for curators, archivists and researchers of university and scientific collections. Organized by the Dutch Foundation for Academic Heritage (SAE), Maastricht University, and the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (Royal Net. Acad. Sc).

  • COLLOQUIUM-Workshops on Museum Documentation

    Universum, UNAM Mexico City, Mexico

    This Colloquium and workshops aims at gathering specialists and people responsible for cultural and natural heritage, collections, exhibits, and museums at UNAM and other institutions of higher education to dialog and reflect on the state of art in each of the topics, in order to propose strategies that improve its ordinance, preservation, management, and documentation and, along with it, its visibility in the cultural aspect.

  • The Museum in Evolution: Towards a New Definition

    Università degli Studi di Milano Sala di Rappresentanza, Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan, Italy

    A day of reflection on the implications of ICOM's museum definition on university museums in the context of the cultural and social 'third mission' of universities. Organised by the University of Milan and ICOM-Italia, with representatives from the ICOM Executive Council, ICOM-Italia, ICOFOM, UMAC, CRUI (Council of Italian University Rectors), and the Italian cultural and …

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  • Universeum Network Meeting 2019

    In 2019, the UNIVERSEUM Network Meeting will be hosted by the Mendel Museum of Masaryk University in Brno, together with the Charles University in Prague and the University of Bratislava in Slovakia.  

  • International Seminar Heritage on Fire: Who’s next?

    Multiple venues (see program) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Heritage on fire: Who’s next? Fire risk management for cultural heritage International seminar | Rio de Janeiro 26-28 June 2019 Fire is a major hazard affecting cultural heritage assets around the world. Although it may seem a ‘rare event’ from a single institution’s perspective, large fires can become routine when considering the total heritage of …

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  • „Junges Forum für Sammlungs- und Objektforschung“ | Workshop Dresden 2019

    TU Dresden Dresden, Germany

    Vom 22. bis 24. August 2019 veranstaltet die Kustodie der TU Dresden gemeinsam mit der Koordinierungsstelle für wissenschaftliche Universitätssammlungen in Deutschland und der Gesellschaft für Universitätssammlungen (GfU) e.V. den vierten Workshop in der Reihe „Junges Forum für Sammlungs- und Objektforschung“. Eingeladen sind Doktorand*innen aller Disziplinen, die an und über materielle/n Objekte/n oder Sammlungen forschen. Im …

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  • UMAC 2019

    Kyoto ICC Kyoto, Japan

    The 19th UMAC Annual Conference will be in Kyoto -- 1-7 September. See more details here.

  • TOKYO UMAC SEMINAR

    Keio University Art Center Tokyo, Japan

    UMAC TOKYO SEMINAR University Museums as Cultural Commons Post-UMAC 2019 Seminar. With Yohko Watanabe (Keio University Art Center), Andrew Simpson (UMAC/Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Australia) and Judy Willcocks (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, UK), among others. See Program and more info here.  

  • Conference ‘Universities and their Contested Pasts’

    Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom

    The University of Manchester's Research Group on University Histories is organising a conference on 11-12 September 2019, focussing on 'Universities and their contested pasts'. The conference aims to include both academic and practice/policy discussions and abstracts from UMAC members are warmly invited. Call for Papers Deadline: 31 May 2019