University Museums and Collections Journal Volume 2 – 2009

University Museums

and Collections Journal

Volume 2 – 2009

The University Museums and Collections Journal (UMACJ) is a peer-reviewed, on-line journal for the proceedings of the International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC), a Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

The journal appears at least once a year at: http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/umacj

Editors

Sally MacDonald

University College London Museums and Collections UCL, Gower Street

London WC1E 6BT United Kingdom Nathalie Nyst

Réseau des Musées de l'ULB

Université Libre de Bruxelles – CP 175 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50

1050 Brussels Belgium Cornelia Weber

Humboldt University of Berlin

Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik Unter den Linden 6

10099 Berlin Germany

Copyright

© International ICOM Committee for University Museums and Collections http://umac.icom.museum

ISSN 2071-7229

University Museums and Collections Journal 2/2009

University Museums and the Community

Proceedings of the 8

Conference of the International Committee of ICOM for

University Museums and Collections (UMAC)

Manchester, 16

–20

September 2008

Table of Contents

Introduction

Evoking humanity: Reflections on the importance of university museums and collections 1 ALAN D.GILBERT

University museums and the community 5

S^ALLY M^ACD^ONALD Keynotes

Experiments in the boundary zone: Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin 7 MICHAEL JOHN GORMAN

Ivory tower or welcoming neighbor? Engaging our local communities 15 JANE PICKERING

Panel sessions

University museums as beacons of public engagement

What opportunities can university museums offer for academic-public interaction? 23 Some lessons from London’s Beacon for Public Engagement

STEVE CROSS

University museums and outreach: the Newcastle upon Tyne case study 27 L^INDSAY A^LLASON-J^ONES

University museums and the internet community

Web communication. A content analysis of German university collections and 33 museums websites

C^ORNELIA W^EBER

Chasing the online audience 37

MARK CARNALL

The effect of digitalized museum information on learning 41 D^AMON M^ONZAVI

The internal audience as leisure users

Beyond teaching: Out of hours at the Grant Museum 43

JACK ASHBY

Internal audience: A key to success 47

MIRNA HERUC

Site-based tours and discussions Multiple voices in the university museum

Courting controversy – the Lindow Man exhibition at the Manchester Museum 51 BRYAN SITCH

Roundtable workshop discussion on the role of university museums in formal and informal teaching

On the road again: Reaching out to isolated school communities 55 KARL VAN DYKE

A purpose-driven university museum 61

JULIETTE BIANCO

Building creative communities: How does a university museum work with family 65 learning in a challenging community context?

CELINE WEST

Family matters: The role of university museums in intergenerational learning 69 R^EBEKAH M^ORAN

Secondary school program at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History 75 SARAH LLOYD

The community service of the Ghent University Zoology Museum 77 D^OMINICK V^ERSCHELDE

Workshops

University museums and their relationship to the city

The role of the university museum in community development 81 D^AVID E^LLIS

University museums in a university town: University of Tartu Museums in the 85 service of the local community

REET MÄGI

University museums and hard-to-reach audiences

Ways of seeing: A model for community partnership working 91 GILL HART

Strategic realignment to reach specific communities

Accessibility to university museums: A strategical objective 95 EDMON CASTELL