University Collections in Berlin
This collection platform provides access to the more than 100 teaching and research collections at the partner institutions of the Berlin University Alliance.
You can research the collections and objects and learn about the projects and events within the Digital Network for Collections.
The collections platform is provided by the Digitales Netzwerk Sammlungen team. For further information on our activities, please also visit our blog.
News
University collections as guests in Berlin
The 16th Annual Conference for Scientific University Collections 2025 is jointly organized by the partners of the Berlin University Alliance and the Gesellschaft für Universitätssammlungen e.V. (GfU).
It will take place from October 09-11, 2025 in Berlin.
„Unbekannte Gesichter“ – Exhibition on the Alban Collection
From July 15, 2025
in the campus library (Fabeckstraße 23/25, 14195 Berlin, entrance on L-Straße in the Silberlaube).
Egyptology students at the FU have processed a donation of (ancient) Egyptian objects from the Alban family. This was done as part of the course Research History and Exhibition Practice using the Alban Collection as an example. The exhibition now on display shows selected objects in terms of their history and sheds light on the unknown faces behind them.
NEW - Bioethics toolbox for dealing with human remains in teaching collections
In its bioethics toolbox the Institute of Biology at FU Berlin provides information on handling human remains in university collections: “What should I do if I find human remains at university or school? Where could they come from? Can they be used in teaching?”
Collections in the Berlin University Alliance
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Activities and Projects
Digital Network for Collections
The Digital Network for Collections is a project of the Berlin University Alliance aimed at networking Berlin's university collections and promoting their digitization.
Events
Here you find the events organized by the Digital Network for Collections.
Projects
An overview of the projects carried out and supported by the Digital Network for Collections
Objects
The collection platform provides an overview of the online resources where collections of the Berlin University Alliance can be searched on an object level.
Data Inspector Image Database
The Digital Network for Collections has developed an application for the HU's IKB teaching collection that allows Wikidata references to be used for subject indexing.
Project Seminar “Trimmed to Size!”
Support for the realization of a virtual exhibition on “Plants in Literature”
Online exhibition "Eine schlafende Ariadne ..."
The DNS team supported a project seminar at the Cast Collection of Ancient Sculpture.
Pilot Digitization in the Mineralogical Collections
A basic digitization process was carried out on a sample subset of the mineralogical collections at TU Berlin.
Omeka S Project for the Theater History Collections of the FU
The Digital Network for Collections helped develop and implement a data model for digitizing the estate of a family of stage designers.