XII UNIVERSEUM NETWORK MEETING Arranging and rearranging: Planning university heritage for the future University of Padua, Italy, 26-29 May 2011
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 25 May Palazzo Cavalli, via Giotto 1
Arrival of participants Registration: 16.00-18.00
Thursday, 26 May Palazzo Cavalli, via Giotto 1
Registration: 8.30-10.00
9.00 Opening Session Cesare Voci, Delegate of the Rector to Museums, University of Padua Thomas Bremer, Chair of Universeum, University of Halle Gianmario Molin, Director of the Centro Musei , University of Padua Giulio Peruzzi, Delegate of the Rector to Scientific Communication, University of Padua
9.20 Keynote Address The cumbersome heritage. Is there a future for university collections? Paolo Brenni, President of the Scientific Instrument Commission of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
Session 1 - Planning University Heritage for the Future – Transverse projects across Academic Heritage (Part I) - Aula Arduino Chair: Thomas Bremer, University of Halle
9.40 If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. Integrating collections in Amsterdam S. C. Scholten, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
10.00 Looking to the future: diversification, sustainability and forward planning at the University of St. Andrews E. J. Wells, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
10.20 Museum Gustavianum: New management, rearranging priorities I.-M. Munktell, U. Josefson, J.Worley, University of Uppsala, Sweden
10.40 How to organize university collections? The example of Coimbra University P. Gama Mota, University of Coimbra, Portugal
11.00 Coffee-break Session 2 - Planning University Heritage for the Future – Transverse projects across Academic Heritage (Part II) - Aula Arduino Chair: Roland Wittje, University of Regensburg
11.20 Uncovering buried treasure: Scientific archives in France J.A. Guarini , Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls sur Mer, France
11.40 An inventory of the collections of the University of Provence B. Vila, J. Caplan, University of Provence, France
12.00 The Jyväskylä University Heritage collections T. Koskela, P. Vuorinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
12.20 Exhibition and education projects in the museums of the University of Tartu: Challenges and Limits R. Mägi, University of Tartu, Estonia 12.40 Break for lunch – Visit to the Museum of Geology and Palaeontology and to the Museum of Mineralogy
Session 3 - Planning University Heritage for the Future – Transverse projects across Academic Heritage (Part III) - Aula Arduino Chair: Marta Lourenço, University of Lisbon
14.30 School of engineering of Porto: Preservation of its identity P. Costa, H. I. Chaminé, Polytehcnic of Porto, Portugal P. M. Callapez, University of Coimbra, Portugal
14.50 Cooperation between museums and libraries: Acoustic, music and instrument makers A. Houssay , Musée de la Musique, Paris, France
15.10 The scientific heritage of Rennes 1 University: Constraints and prospects A.Chambet, N. Pot, D. Bernard, J. Boustie, A. Canard, University of Rennes 1, France
15.30 Scientific and historical collections of Aalto University A.Vähätalo, P. Nykänen, Aalto University, Finland
15.50 Coffee-break
Session 4A – Special Challenges - Aula Arduino Chair: Paolo Brenni, CNR, Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica, Florence
16.10 Academic workers as the main academic heritage carriers M. Jonáš, O. Dostál, M. Jarkovská, University of Masaryk, Czech Republic
16.30 Cutting edge astrophysics and historical observatories C. Benoist, F. Le Guet Tully, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
16.50 Scientific heritage in Cambridge L. Wilson, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Session 4B – Increasing access to Academic Heritage (Part I) - Aula B Chair: Laetitia Maison-Soulard, University of Bordeaux 3
16.10 Are the plant collections held at the University of Padua still useful ? A. Miola, M. Clementi, University of Padua, Italy
16.30 Arranging old data with new tools S. Hakkarainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
16.50 Polo Museale Sapienza: How to promote university museums V. Ferrara, L. Campanella, University of Rome Sapienza , Italy
17.10 Departure to visit the University Museum of Archaeological Sciences and Art in Palazzo Liviano
21.00 Concert by I Solisti Veneti – Sala dei Giganti
Friday, 27 May
Aula Nievo , Palazzo del Bo, via 8 febbraio 1848, 2 Debate on University Heritage Today in Europe Moderator: Steven de Clercq, former Director of Utrecht University Museum
9.00 Welcome Address Giuseppe Zaccaria, Rector of the University of Padua
9.10 Keynote Address What is the point of university heritage? An overview of museums and collections in European universities Marta Lourenço, University of Lisbon, Portugal
9.30 Object archives – Research treasures Thomas Schnalke, Berlin Museum of Medical History, Germany
9.50 Short Talks by the Rectors of the University of Coimbra, Pavia and Tartu on the role of heritage in their universities Debate on University Heritage Today in Europe
11.30 Visit to the Palazzo Bo (Anatomical Theatre, Sala dei 40, …)
Palazzo Cavalli Session 5A – Increasing access to Academic Heritage (Part II) - Aula Arduino Chair: Sébastien Soubiran, University of Strasbourg
13.30 The network of ULB’S Museums and the Drawing project N. Nyst, University of Brussels, Belgium
13.50 The European anatomical collection project E. Corradini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy M. Bukowski, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
14.10 Increasing access: Revisiting curating in University Art Collections N. Pearlman, University College London, United Kingdom
14.30 Deep Time lost and found in the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence E. Cioppi, S. Dominici, University of Florence, Italy
14.50 Coffee-break Session 5B – Virtual and Multimedia Projects - Aula B Chair: Panu Nykänen, Aalto University, Finland
13.30 The vision of a virtual redoubling of a historical model collection J. Zaun , Technische Universität Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany
13.50 History Through Minerals M. R. Ghiara, C. Petti, University of Naples Federico II, Italy M. Toscano , University of Naples L’Orientale, Italy
14.10 Safeguarding the history of research laboratories Y.A. Thomas, University of Nantes , France C.A. Cuenca, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
14.30 Rearranging the virtual museum of the University of Barcelona: new sections L. Cirlot, S. Vallmitjana, I. Garcia Malet, University of Barcelona, Spain
14.50 Coffee-break
Session 6 – Planning University Heritage for the Future – Museum projects (PartI) - Aula Arduino Chair: Reet Mägi, University of Tartu
15.10 Amazement, wonder or repulse: the 18 th century anatomical theatre P. Casaleiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
15.30 The “new” Josephinum – The collections of the Medical University of Vienna R. Koblizek, G. Dorffner, Department and Collections of History of Medicine in Vienna, Austria
15.50 Anthropology in museums: a necessary point of view N. Carrara, University of Padua, Italy
16.10 To be or not to be a museum M. Fausone, M. Galloni, University of Turin, Italy
16.30 Poster session – See the complete list of posters at the end of the program
18.00 Visit to the Museum of the History of Physics and to the Zoological Museum
Saturday, 28 May Aula Emiciclo , Botanical Garden, via Orto Botanico
9.00 Keynote Address by Hughes Dreyssé, President of UMAC-ICOM (University Museums and Academic Collections - International Council of Museums)
Session 7 – Planning University Heritage for the Future – National or Regional level Chair: Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra, Portugal
9.10 The Dutch Approach – Part 2 E. Boeles, Dutch Foundation for Academic Heritage, The Netherlands
9.30 Problems of Ukrainian university museums L. Kazantseva, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev, Ukraine
9.50 The interuniversity collection: Academic Heritage in Flanders G. Vanpaemel, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
10.10 A collaborative platform to identify collections and their management within French Universities : crossview between actors and Observatory S. Soubiran, University of Strasbourg F. Belaën, Observatory for scientific and technical heritage and culture, OCIM, University of Dijon, France
10.30 Coffee-break
Session 8 – Planning University Heritage for the Future – Museum projects (part II) Chair: Sofia Talas, University of Padua
10.50 Playing for Polytechnic. Concrete memories at the Historical Documentation Centre and Museum of Politecnico di Torino V. Marchis, M. Bongiovanni, Turin Polytechnic, Italy
11.10 All around an obsolete linear accelerator: An interacting museum project P. Lauginie, J. F. Ternay, Faculty of Sciences, Orsay, France M.P. Gacoin, Syncrotron SOLEIL, France P. Dhez, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
11.30 Collecting Scientific Instruments – Why and for whom? A. Christophersen, A. K. Børresen, T. Brandt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway K. Overskaug, The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letter, Norway
11.50 Universeum General Assembly
13.15 Break for lunch – Visit of the Botanical Garden
14.30 Visit to the Museum of Education and to the Astronomical Observatory
Sunday, 29 May
Post conference Visit of Padua: Cappella degli Scrovegni and Tour of Padua Meeting Point: at the entrance of the Museo degli Eremitani, at 9.00.
Other possibilities: Visit to Palazzo Poggi Museum , Bologna (about 1 hour trip by train from Padua) – Free access for the participants to the Meeting - Guided visit at 11.00.
Visit to the Museums of the University of Florence (about 1.30 hour trip by train from Padua) – Open on Sunday from 9.00 to 13.00 - Free access for the participants to the Meeting – Guided visit at 11.00 (Meeting point at the Zoology Section, La Specola, Via Romana 17).
Visit to the Museums and Collections of the University of Modena (about 2 hours trip by train from Padua) Posters
Museum of Medical University of Gdańsk – Tradition “In Statu Nascendi” M. Bukowski, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
The anatomical collections of the second half of 18th Century in the University of Padua, Modena and Pavia M. Cimino, University of Padua, Italy E. Corradini, University of Modena, Italy M. C. Garbarino, University of Pavia, Italy
Organizing the Herbarium Patavinum collections by current standards for a better accessibility M. Clementi, A. Miola, University of Padua, Italy
Interpreting the Melloni Collection at the Federico II University of Naples Physics Museum through the reconstruction of a historical experiment S. Esposito, Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare Naples, Italy E. Schettino, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
The architectural heritage of the University Federico II and new approaches for its better exploitation Fabio Mangone, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
An unknown heritage: Egyptian collections and archives in the Archaeological Museum, University of Padua A. Menegazzi, P. Zanovello, University of Padua, Italy
Quick tour around the archives of the University of Lisbon: present contexts and perspectives M. Nogueira, University of Lisbon, Portugal
The Polytechnic Museum in the National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI” (Ukraine’s semiosphere) N.V.Pysarevska, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Herbarium investigations: a tool to solve taxonomic and phylogenetic problems K. Sciuto, M.A. Wolf, M. Marzocchi, I. Moro, University of Padua, Italy
Awareness and representation of the cultural heritage. Organising a new University Museum in Hungary J. Szillagyi, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Educational offers of University Museums: towards a shared redesign with t erritory P. Zamperlin, O. Zanato Orlandini, E. Toffano Martini, C. Mauro, University of Padua, Italy
The historical heritage of an astronomical observatory: its peculiarity and the main problems to ensure preservation. The example of the Specola Museum V. Zanini, Astronomical Observatory of Padua, Italy
Program Committee: Marta Lourenço, University of Lisbon; Sébastien Soubiran, Université de Strasbourg; Sofia Talas, University of Padua (Chair); Roland Wittje, University of Regensburg
Conference language: English