University Collections in Berlin
This collection platform provides access to the more than 100 teaching and research collections held by the partner institutions of the Berlin University Alliance.
You can search the collections and objects, and learn about the projects and events of the Digital Network for Collections.
The collections platform is maintained by the Digital Network for Collections team. For further information on our activities, please visit our blog.
News
Poster prize for the Media Archaeology Fundus
“Unbekannte Gesichter” – Exhibition on the Alban Collection
University collections as guests in Berlin
Teaching with Objects in the Winter Semester 2025/2026
Collections in the Berlin University Alliance
Subjects and Disciplines
Activities and Projects
Digital Network for Collections
The Digital Network for Collections is a project of the Berlin University Alliance aimed at creating connections between Berlin’s university collections and promoting their digitization.
Events
Here you will find information about 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 collections platform provides an overview of online resources where the collections of the Berlin University Alliance can be searched at an object level.
Data Inspector Image Database
The Digital Network for Collections has developed an application for the HU Berlin’s IKB teaching collection that allows Wikidata references to be used for subject indexing.
“Trimmed to Size!” Project Seminar
Support for the realization of a virtual exhibition on “Plants in Literature”
Online exhibition: „A Sleeping Ariadne“
The Digital Network for Collections team supported a project seminar utilizing the Cast Collection of Ancient Sculptures.
Pilot Project to Digitize 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 FU Berlin’s Theater History Collections
The Digital Network for Collections helped to develop and implement a data model for digitizing the estate of a family of stage designers.