EU Project "Academic Heritage and Universities - Responsibility and Public Access"

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
10.-11. February 2001

Saturday, 10th

The University Museum - Achieving Public Access
Chair: Professor Jochen Brüning, Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik, Berlin, Germany

Projects and visions within the network (brief surveys/papers, discussion
Going public (I): "Musei di Palazzo Poggi [2]"
Professor Walter Tega and Professor Raffaella Simili, Università di Bologna, Italy

Going public (II): "Theatrum naturae et artis [3]"
Professor Jochen Brüning, Berlin

The Vision of a University museum in Halle-Wittenberg
Kanzler Wolfgang Matschke and Professor Jürgen Stolzenberg, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Going public (III): Setting up a Virtual Gallery
Dr. Eszter Fontana, Museum of Musical Instruments [4], Universität Leipzig, Germany

Visit of Theatrum naturae et artis of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Professor Jochen Brüning and Dr Cornelia Weber, Berlin

Briefing I: EU Project "Academic Heritage and Universities" - workplan, finances, and provisional timetable
Mr Patrice Wegener, Project co-ordination, Martin-Luther-Universität, Germany

Work session I: A Directory of European University Collections
Chair: Dr Simon Chaplin, The Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England & Dr Steven de Clercq, Senior consultant Academic Heritage, Holland

Presentation of the sub-project (paper), discussion
Co-ordination & related issues

Public lecture: "The Return of the Object"
Professor Jochen Brüning, Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik, Berlin, Germany

Sunday, 11th

Work session II: Travelling Exhibition "Objects of Knowledge"
Mr Achim Lipp, Senior Museum Consultant, Germany & Mr Patrice Wegener, Project co-ordination, Martin-Luther-Universität, Germany

Presentation of the sub-project, discussion
Co-ordination issues

Work session III: Virtual Gallery - the network's "electronic business card"
Presentation of the sub-project, discussion
Co-ordination issues

Network issues
Chair: Dr Steven de Clercq, Senior consultant Academic Heritage, Holland & Mr Patrice Wegener, Project co-ordination, Martin-Luther-Universität, Germany

Internal structure & relationship with other projects, bodies (ICOM ...)
"Long term" Perspectives

Briefing II: EU Project - the next steps ahead
Mr Patrice Wegener, Halle

Concluding remarks