'Developing the University of Leeds Science Collections'

A Workshop held by the University of Leeds, Centre for Heritage Research in collaboration with the Division of History & Philosophy of Science

Read a Report on this Workshop

Monday 25th June 2007 4pm-7pm

Brotherton Room, Special Collections, Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

Aims of the workshop:-

• a) to illustrate HPS staff & students' work on the Education Museum's science collections
• b) to share campus science & medicine curators' perspectives on their collections
• c) to consider the prospects for a future history of science museum

Speakers:

• 'Rediscovering the Education museum's science collections' Greg Radick, Claire Jones, Lisa Hobson Josep Simon, Annie Jamieson.
• ' Preserving the scientific and medical collections on campus' Pat Harkin (Medicine), Patricia McConnell (Anatomy) , Denis Greig (Physics), Liza Giffen (University Archivist)
• 'Building a museum of the history of science' Greg Radick to lead discussion

This workshop was supported by a University of Leeds Faculty of Arts Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer Grant.