New English Publication: Scientific and Art Collections

The publication “Scientific and Art Collections. TUD Dresden University of Technology”, published by Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections in 2022, has been thoroughly revised and translated and is now finally also available in English.

The extensive natural science and engineering collections as well as the important art collections of the TUD document an almost 200-year history of knowledge transfer and generation and are important testimonies to our university identity. Objects in university collections differ from those in museums in the specific character of their creation, as they do not represent a past, closed epoch, but are to a certain extent “in flux”. Over the course of decades, they can undergo a noticeable change in significance, either by leaps and bounds or over a longer period of time, which changes their status within the university. Exhibits from the early 19th century connect the history of science with contemporary research and even influence future technologies when object-based findings form the basis for innovative research approaches.
The book presents 15 selected collections of the university in detailed and richly illustrated chapters. These include, for example, the Astronomical-Geodetic Collection, the Mathematical Models, the Botanical Collection and the well-known Dye Collection. In her foreword to the new edition, Kirsten Vincenz, Director of the Office for Academic Heritage, sheds light on the developments of recent years and the prospects for the university collections. Her predecessor Klaus Mauersberger looks back on almost two centuries of collecting activity in an article. The appendix provides an overview of the TUD's more than 40 collections.

Sources and publisher:

Scientific and Art Collections. TUD Dresden University of Technology
Publisher: The Rector of TUD  Dresden University of Technology
Publishing house: Sandstein Kommunikations GmbH Dresden
200 page, 225 most coloured Figures
Printed edition: ISBN 978-3-95498-820-4
Bookstore price: 20,00 €
Open Access edition: DOI 10.25368/2024.142

The printed version can be ordered from the Office of Academic Heritage, Sientific and Art Collections, the publishing house Sandstein or via the bookstore.