Welcome to the Cultural Collections of the University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne owns 33 Cultural Collections. The origins of some lie in the earliest years of the University's establishment in the 1850s, while regular new acquisitions keep the collections dynamic and relevant.
The Cultural Collections embody the history of many of the academic disciplines taught at the University of Melbourne, including law, classics, history, languages, medicine, dentistry, botany, zoology, physics, fine arts, music and engineering. Object types include rare books and manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, archives, photographs, medical and dental implements, scientific apparatus, musical instruments, mineral, plant and animal specimens, and ethnographic and archaeological artefacts.
The University encourages the use of the collections by students, staff and the wider community, whether for research, teaching, conversation or enjoyment.
| The University's Cultural Policy sets out the guiding principles which assist the University to configure its cultural resources, including its Cultural Collections, to best serve the whole community. |  |
Cultural Collections Receive Support From University Appeal
Several grants were recently made to a number of the University’s 33 Cultural Collections as a result of the generosity of donors to the 2007 University Fund Annual Appeal.
New Exhibition - Keeping scores: 100 years of the Music Library
An exhibition in the Leigh Scott Gallery, 1st floor, Baillieu Library, 1 December 2008-1 March 2009.
Vice-Chancellor’s Knowledge Transfer Excellence Awards
Two University of Melbourne Archives staff have been recognised in the 2008 Vice-Chancellor’s Knowledge Transfer Excellence Awards.
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Win a Copy of Treasures: Highlights of the Cultural Collections of the University of Melbourne
Each month The University of Melbourne Voice will be giving away a copy of Treasures: Highlights of the Cultural Collections of the University of Melbourne. Details and conditions of the competition can be found in the current issue.