Cultural Collections

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 Policy

The University of Melbourne Cultural Treasures Days

Thursday 18 – Sunday 21 September 2008
Free event
 
Supported by The Miegunyah Trust
Ernst Matthaei Memorial Collection of Early Glass

Hoard House: New Issue Available

The June 2008 issue of Hoard House: News from the Grainger Museum is now available. Hoard House Issue 8

Percy Grainger in the Top Ten

A piano roll recording of Percy Grainger performing 'Country Gardens' is in the 2008 top ten list of new Sounds of Australia added to the National Registry of Recorded Sound, a public list of Australian recordings that celebrates the widest traditions of recorded sound culture and history in Australia.

Online item from The Age.

New Exhibition: Murderous Melbourne

Murderous Melbourne: A Celebration of Australian Crime Fiction and Place. A Baillieu Library Special Collections exhibtion in the Leigh Scott Gallery, first floor, Baillieu Library from 10 June until 7 September.

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.

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