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Sydney University Museums joins the KE EMu family |
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Jeudi, 01 Juin 2006 |
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KE Software is pleased to welcomeSydney University Museums to the community of EMu Users.
Sydney University Museums is administrator for the three public museums at The University of Sydney. These are:
- The University Art Collection: founded in the 1860s the Collection now holds more than 2,500 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Australian, Asian and European artists.
- The Macleay Museum: originating in the collection of insects begun by Alexander Macleay in the late eighteenth century, the Macleay Museum has developed into an extraordinary collection of natural history specimens, ethnographic artefacts, scientific instruments and historic photographs.
- The Nicholson Museum: containing the largest and most prestigious collection of antiquities in Australia, the Nicholson Museum is also the country's oldest university museum. It features masterpieces of ancient art and objects of daily life from Egypt, the Middle East, Greece, Rome, Cyprus and Mesopotamia.
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