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| Website Name | Cultural Collections of the University of Melbourne |
| Website Address | http://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/ |
| Organisation | University of Melbourne |
| Description |
The University of Melbourne owns 33 cultural collections. The 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. |
| City |
Melbourne |
| State |
Victoria (More websites in the same location)
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| Country |
Australia |
| Category | Archives and Libraries; archives; libraries: Collecting Institutions; city, regional and local: Exhibitions; archives, libraries and museums: Galleries and Museums; museums (More websites in same category) |
| Index Frequency |
Monthly |
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