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