September 2017
I Encuentro de Museos Universitarios de la AUGM
Los museos universitarios históricamente han sido uno de los engranajes privilegiados para vincular la universidad con la sociedad.
Find out more »University Museums Group Annual Conference
Stuff and Knowledge: an exploration of the future of teaching and learning within university museums
Find out more »Universities: space, place and community
More than most institutions, universities have historically been defined in crucial ways by their relationship to spaces and places.
Find out more »October 2017
Materia Medica on the Move II
After the successful Materia medica on the move conference in 2015, Utrecht University Descartes Centre, Huygens/ING, and Naturalis Biodiversity Centre will host a three-day follow-up conference, again devoted to the circulation of knowledge regarding non-native natural substances that were used in medicine in the early modern period (1500-1800).
Find out more »19th Horst Gerson Lecture
Everything or Nothing? What Do University Museums Know?
Find out more »VIII Encontro de Museus Universitários do Mercosul, V da América Latina e do Caribe e I Encontro de Museus Universitários do Perú
Temas Globales en Museos y Colecciones Universitarias, Diagnóstico y Gestión de los Museos Universitarios
Find out more »The Laboratory Revolution 1850-1950
The Laboratory Revolution 1850-1950 The Rise of the Laboratory and the Changing Nature of the University The laboratory is the ultimate place where knowledge is created. What had originally only been the workplace of alchemists and chemists, by the end of the nineteenth century had become a standard element in the infrastructure of science. The rise of the laboratory revolutionized the sciences in many ways and it continues to do so up to this moment. This is all common knowledge…
Find out more »November 2017
2nd International Conference ‘University Museums and Collections: The Universal Heritage’
The 2nd International Conference 'University Museums and Collections: The Universal Heritage' is integrated in the VI St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum (16-18 November 2017).
Find out more »Opening of Musée L
Musée L, the University of Louvain Museum, where dialogue between scientific collections and art elicits new emotions University of Louvain’s new museum, the Musée L, will open on 18 November 2017 in Louvain-la-Neuve’s architectural landmark, an exceptional building designed by the architect André Jacqmain. After two and a half years of renovation, University of Louvain will open Belgium’s very first large-scale university museum, with more than 3830 m² accessible to the general public. Its special features will include the…
Find out more »European Academic Heritage Day
In order to raise awareness to the importance of university heritage, UNIVERSEUM, the European University Heritage Network, has established 18 November as European University Heritage Day.
Find out more »