For many years, university collections have been widely valued as relics of former times, although they may take up room and are of questionable importance for teaching and research, especially in the natural sciences. During the last few years university managements and the public have become increasingly aware of the presence of university museums and of university collections, largely through the activities of international organisations such as ICOM (International Council of Museums, icom.museum) and UMAC (University Museums and Collections, http://publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de). UMAC represents an international forum "for all those working in, or associated with, academic museums, galleries and collections (including herbaria and botanical gardens).
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