Registration for the six workshops of the UMAC-Universeum 2021 Annual Conference (1-3 September) is now open.
Please register for the Conference first and then you can register for the workshops.
Everything can be done here.
Registration for the six workshops of the UMAC-Universeum 2021 Annual Conference (1-3 September) is now open.
Please register for the Conference first and then you can register for the workshops.
Everything can be done here.
The materials for the 21st UMAC AGM, scheduled for Friday, 3 September 2021, 10.30 AM Lisbon/London time, have been released:
Consult them here.
According to the ICOM statutes and UMAC bylaws, all UMAC members in good standing can participate in the annual general meetings.
Translated by the University of Shanghai Museum. The full volume can be read here.
The program of the UMAC and Universeum Joint Conference has now been published.
Registrations have also opened.
Read more.
The SJTU T.D. LEE Science and Art Lecture Fund of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (hereinafter referred to as the Science and Art Fund) was established in 2013 to promote the integration of science and art and carry forward the spirit of science and art. The Science and Art Fund would organize a Science and Art Works Competition every year to encourage the creation of works of art based on scientific themes, and select outstanding scientific and art works from around the world to organize special exhibitions after review and evaluation. So far, 7 science and art works competitions and exhibitions have been successfully held.
Read more about the competition, dates, awards, etc here.
Competition website, Shanghai Jiao Tong University T.D. LEE Science and Art Lecture Fund here.
Save the dates for the live presentation of the three nominees to the UMAC Award 2021.
Today, the shortlist of the three nominees to the UMAC AWARD 2021 was publicly announced by the Chair of the UMAC Award Committee, Akiko Fukuno.
To access the whole announcement on UMAC you tube channel:
UMAC celebrates excellence, creativity, and, more importantly, the impact of university museums and collections on their host universities, their communities and contemporary society through the UMAC AWARD, given every year.
In 2021 the candidates to the UMAC AWARD were amazing and UMAC will be announcing the shortlist of the 3 finalists on July 12, at 8 AM London/Lisbon time, live in our YouTube channel:
Conversations with each of the finalists will occur in the last week of August and the final announcement will happen during the UMAC-Universeum 2021 Annual Conference.
The COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges and financial constraints to many university museums and collections in the world.
The US-based Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) has recently released a Statement Against Monetizing the Collections of Academic Museums & Galleries.
The Statement results from the Task Force for the Protection of University Collections, where UMAC participates through Vice-Chair Steph Scholten.