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University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australasia

Cultural Collections of the University of Melbourne

Museum or Collection Type:
General
Institutional Type:
Collection: Research and Teaching

Subject:
Anatomy, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Art History, Botany, Cartography, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Decorative Arts, Dentistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Geology, History of Education, History of Medicine, Musicology, Physics, Zoology

Address:
University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia

Opening Hours:
Hours vary for each collection. Some are accessible by appointment only.

Contact:
Dr Belinda Nemec, Cultural Collections Co-ordinator
bnemec@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0269

Additional information:
Some collections are open to visitors, others are used mainly for teaching or research but may be accessed by appointment. See website for each collection for contact details.

Links:
Cultural Collections of the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne

Description:
The University of Melbourne owns 31 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.

Further Reading:
See the "Research and Publications" section of our website: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/research/