Draft:Museum of the University of Tübingen

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The Museum of the University of Tübingen (German: Museum der Universität Tübingen; MUT) is a central institution of the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen. Since October 2006 it has been responsible for researching the university’s collections, connecting them administratively, professionalising them, providing the university with an exhibition laboratory in the form of changing exhibitions, and making the collections available for research, teaching and education as well as to the general public.

History

Founded in 1477, the University of Tübingen has around 80 diverse research, teaching and exhibition collections. Efforts were made early on to make artefacts used for teaching and research accessible to the public. For example, the Graphic Collection was founded at the Institute of Art History in 1897, the Palaeontological Collection in 1902, and the Museum Ancient Cultures in Hohentübingen castle was opened in 1997. Finally, the Museum of the University of Tübingen was founded in 2006 to act as an umbrella organisation for the university’s collections. Since 2010, student projects at the MUT have contributed to the inventory and presentation of collections. Beginning in the winter semester 2016/2017 these projects were integrated into the interdisciplinary master's profile “Museum & Collections“, for which the MUT is also responsible.

In January 2011, the German Science and Humanities Council published „Recommendations on Scientific Collections as Research Infrastructures“ (Drs. 10464-11) that positively emphasise the management of university collections by central institutions such as the MUT.

Collections

The collections are sorted alphabetically within the subgroups.

Hohentübingen Castle

• Archive of Everyday Cultures
• Castle Barrel
• Castle Church
• Castle Laboratory
• Castle Observatory
• Ceramics Collection of Medieval Archaeology
• Coin Collection of Classical Archaeology
• Collection of Prehistory
• Collection of Recent Prehistory
• Collection of the Protestant Preachers Institute
• Egyptian Collection
• Ethnological Collection
• Museum Ancient Cultures
• Near Eastern Collection
• Original Collection of Classical Archaeology
• Photo Collection of Classical Archaeology
• Plaster Cast Collection of Classical Archaeology

Open collections

• Anatomical Collection
• Botanical Gardens and Collections
• Collections of the University Archive
• Collections of the University Library
• Computer Collection
• Mathematical Model Collection
• Media Library of the Center for Media Competence
• Mineralogical Collection
• Musical Instrument Collection
• Ophthalmological Collection
• Paleontological Collection
• Prints and Drawings Collection
• Psychological Collection
• Schmidgall Collection
• Sculpture Collection of the University

Collections open on request

• Archaeobotanical Collection
• Arno-Ruoff-Archive
• Biblical-Archaeological Collection
• Biochemical Instrument Collection
• Biochemical Preparation Collection
• Coin Collection of Islamic Numismatics
• Collection for Ethics and History of Medicine
• Collection of Paintings oh the University
• Collection of the Center for Media Competence
• Folded Book Collection Heidtmann
• Gärtner Collection at the Herbarium Tubingense
• Geoarchaeological Collection
• Geographical Map Collection
• Glass Slide Collection of the Institute of Art History
• Halm Archive
• Herbarium Tubingense
• Kölle Collection of Paintings
• Old Observatory
• Osteological Collection
• Pathology Collection
• Photo Collection of the Institute of Art History
• Physics Collection
• Portrait Collection Goldberg
• Professors’ Gallery
• Swabian State Music Archive
• Vinyl Record Collection of the Institute of Musicology
• Zooarchaeological Collection
• Zoological Collection

Collections not open to the public

• Astrophysical Collection
• Chart Collection of the ENT Clinic
• Collection of Inorganic Chemistry
• Dental Collection
• Drill Core Collection
• Halbritter Collection
• Historical Furniture Collection
• History of Science Collection
• Human Physiology Collection
• Lessing and Schmalzriedt Collection
• Mathematical Instrument Collection
• Medical History Instrument Collection
• Medical-Technical Collection
• Micropaleontology Collection
• Moulage Collection
• Neonatalogical Collection
• Pelling-Zarnitz Collection
• Pharmacological Collection
• Printing Plate Collection
• Sander Collection
• Silver Treasure of the University
• Women’s Clinic Collection

Exhibitions

Permanent Exhibitions

• "Ancient Cultures" at Hohentübingen Castle
• "Castle Laboratory Tübingen" at Hohentübingen Castle
• "WorldCultures" at the Pentagonal Tower of Hohentübingen Castle
• the Bohnenberger Observatory at Hohentübingen Castle
• "Evolution" at the Department of Geoscience
• "Plant Diversity" at the Botanical Gardens of the University of Tübingen
• "MindThings" at the Department of Psychology
• "Mind and Shape" at the Department of Mathematics
• "Crystals" in the Lothar-Meyer building
• "AnimalPreperations" at the Chair of Comparative Zoology
• the Graphic Collection in the Bonatz building
• "Dental|Things" at the Center for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine

Digital Formats

The virtual museum 'eMuseum' makes past and current exhibitions digitally accessible and already displays around 6000 objects from 44 collections. Also, some exhibitions are available in panoramic format as '360°-Exhibitions' for PCs and smartphones.

Since 2018, the MUT has been cooperating with the eScience Centre Tübingen to create and publish 3D models of objects from various collections. These model can be experienced in a browser or via VR glasses, as well as downloaded and printed using a 3D printer.

External Links

• Official website
• Online exhibitions at the Museum of the University of Tübingen