Scientific exhibits from the virtual museum of the University of Barcelona
- Autores: Lourdes Cirlot, Santiago Vallmitjana Rico, Isabel García Malet
- Localización: The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science. Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010 / coord. por Antoni M. Roca Rosell, 2012, ISBN 978-84-9965-108-8, págs. 1188-1193
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
In January, the University of Barcelona opened its Virtual Museum. This experiment is a pioneering one in Spain and a project that began with the aim of publicizing the University’s entire heritage to students, researchers, scholars and the general public. The system that has been used is a particularly modern and highly specialized database designed for cataloguing all kinds of museum material. Linked to the program, we have also acquired the version making it possible to display the museum on the Internet.
The museum is currently organized in 11 collections and covers about 300 pieces, a small sample of the university’s heritage which we have made available to the public in the form of an online showcase. We are now enriching the Virtual Museum with a second phase which introduces new pieces into the existing collections and also expands the number of collections.
This contribution is devoted to the description of the six scientific collections included in this virtual museum.
