International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections

European Academic Heritage Day
2017-11-18
European universities host outstanding libraries, archives, museums, collections and monuments of historic, scientific and artistic interest. This heritage embodies the universities’ 900-year contribution to the advancement of science and knowledge and is a major component of European identity and culture.
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.
The theme for the 2017 European Academic Heritage Day is COLONISERS AND COLONISED.
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Opening of Musée L
2017-11-18 | Université de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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 dialogues between University of Louvain’s unique artistic and scientific collections, and three laboratories where the public can employ material and technical approaches to explore objects. Museum spaces will embody the wish to make the museum a ‘guesthouse’, a welcoming place open to all. For its first exhibition, Musée L will host Barthélémy Toguo, an artist who engages with human realities.
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See Musée L in UMAC Worldwide Database

2nd International Conference 'University Museums and Collections: The Universal Heritage'
2017-11-17 | St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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).

The Laboratory Revolution 1850-1950
2017-10-26 - 2017-10-27 | University of Groningen, Netherlands
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 and well studied, but what is not so well known is that laboratories also had a tremendous impact on the universities, which in the nineteenth century were becoming the most common institution for science and scholarship. Read more.

VIII Encontro de Museus Universitários do Mercosul, V da América Latina e do Caribe e I Encontro de Museus Universitários do Perú
2017-10-22 - 2017-10-23 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
Temas Globales en Museos y Colecciones Universitarias, Diagnóstico y Gestión de los Museos Universitarios.
La convocatoria será para la región latinoamericana y Perú. El Encuentro acercará a los profesionales de museos universitarios a un espacio de diálogo, para conocernos e iniciar una red que nos fortalezca y redistribuya conocimientos así como compartir nuestras experiencias y el intercambio de profesionales para mejorar las condiciones de nuestras colecciones.

19th Horst Gerson Lecture
2017-10-06 16:00 (Europe/Berlin) | University of Groningen, Netherlands
Everything or Nothing? What Do University Museums Know?
Dr. Ivan Gaskell, Professor of Cultural History and Museum Studies at Bard Graduate Center, New York City
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Materia Medica on the Move II
2017-10-04 - 2017-10-06 | Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam & Artis Library, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contextualizing drug components as collectables, commodities, and cultural markers in the early modern period

Universities: space, place and community
2017-09-13 | University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Courtesy University of Manchester.
More than most institutions, universities have historically been defined in crucial ways by their relationship to spaces and places. They are typically named after and identified with the town or city in which they are located. They have also been important architectural patrons, and the buildings they have created tell us a great deal about their conception of their functions. And in their use of their own space they have consciously or unconsciously manufactured academic communities and impacted on the communities beyond their walls.
Most importantly today, the tension between their global mission and their particular special location has come under scrutiny as governments see overseas students as a source of longer-term net migration. Continue reading.
Programme

University Museums Group Annual Conference
2017-09-11 - 2017-09-12 | University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Stuff and Knowledge: an exploration of the future of teaching and learning within university museums
Objects have been intrinsic to teaching and learning within higher education and university museums since their very beginnings. Although the context may have changed from primarily knowledge-focused learning, to include skills-based analytical learning, collections and object-based learning still have an essential role to play within higher education today.
Focusing on the development of the Teaching Excellence Framework and the current educational climate, this conference will explore and debate the benefits and challenges of teaching with museum and departmental collections through innovative and provocative keynote addresses, diverse case studies and illuminating panel discussions.
University Museums Group conferences are renowned for their networking opportunities, and there will be plenty of spaces within the programme for delegates to meet, share experiences and make new connections.
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I Encuentro de Museos Universitarios de la AUGM
2017-09-07 - 2017-09-08 | Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, Argentina
“Los museos, la Reforma Universitaria del ’18 y la extensión universitaria: vigencia y prospectiva.”
Los museos universitarios históricamente han sido uno de los engranajes privilegiados para vincular la universidad con la sociedad cumpliendo con su misión primigenia de transmisión de conocimiento. Los mismos se van modificando con los cambios de la sociedad, creemos importante en el 2017, reunirnos a reflexionar sobre los mecanismos de extensión que actualmente existen en nuestros museos universitarios.
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Conclusiones

UMAC 2017 – 17th UMAC Annual Conference
2017-09-05 - 2017-09-08 | University of Helskinki & University of Jyväskylä, Helsinki & Jyväskylä, Finland
Global Issues in University Museums and Collections: Objects, Ideas, Ideologies, People
The 17th annual UMAC conference will examine the innumerable ethical and ideological issues, challenges and opportunities confronting university museum and collections, and their role as agents of social change.
Hosted by the University of Helsinki and the University of Jyväskylä.
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First UMAC Professional Development Workshop
2017-09-04 10:00 - 16:00 | University of Helsinki, House of Science and Letters, Hall 505, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki, Finland
MUSEUM BOOT CAMP: Surviving and Thriving within a University
With Jill Hartz, University of Oregon, USA
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3º Coloquio de Museos Universitarios: Voluntariado universitario en Museos y Espacios Museográficos
2017-08-30 - 2017-09-01 | Teatro de Universum, Museo de las Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico
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DCH2017 – International Interdisciplinary Conference of Digital Cultural Heritage
2017-08-30 - 2017-09-01 | Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The conference is open for contributions that cover technical challenges as well as strategic guidance.
Key messages relating to the impact of new technologies and processes on cultural heritage are especially welcome.

AAMG Annual Conference: Why Museums Matter: The Teaching Museum Today
2017-06-22 - 2017-06-25 | University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
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I Congreso Iberoamericano, Ill Nacional de Museos Universitarios y Il Encuentro de Archivos Universitarios
2017-05-22 - 2017-05-24 | Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Museos y Archivos universitarios:
Educación, accesibilidad e inclusión: un debate necesario

Organizado por la Red de Museos y el Archivo Histórico de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Secretaría de Arte y Cultura, Presidencia de la UNLP
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Call for papers
