Sammlungstag BW

The "Collection Day Baden-Wuerttemberg" is the workshop series on scientific collections in Baden-Wuerttemberg by the working group "University Collections in Baden-Wuerttemberg".

In their dual roles as research infrastructure and science communicators, university collections form a group of their own with specific needs and challenges. With the establishment of the Museum of the University of Tübingen as a central institution, the University of Tübingen has created a progressive basis for a firm structural integration of scientific collections in research, teaching and public communication. However, many collection managers (and other people involved in collections) are still working alone to develop the immense scientific potential of the objects. Established in 2019, the workshop series provides a platform for networking and regular dialogue between people involved in the scientific collections and museums of the universities in Baden-Wuerttemberg. It aims to strengthen the core tasks of scientific collections and thus the research infrastructure in Baden-Wuerttemberg. To this end, collection managers from Freiburg, Furtwangen, Heidelberg, Hohenheim, Konstanz, Mannheim, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Stuttgart, Tübingen and Ulm meet at collection conferences.

The Collection Day is open for collection managers and people involved with all scientific collections in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The aim is to organise two meetings per year. To ensure maximum accessibility, the duration of each meeting will be limited to one day and the programme times will take into account travel within Baden-Wuerttemberg. Attendance is free of charge.

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Collection Day 2026/1

On February 27th, 2026, the eighth BW Collection Day took place at the University of Hohenheim Herbarium (HOH) and the German Agricultural Museum. Under the title ‘They love to feast on our collections: Pests! Identifying risks, seeking solutions’, the first Collection Day of 2026 focused on the topic of pests and Integrated Pest Management. In addition to a keynote talk by Rhinaixa Duque-Thüs (HOH), guided tours of the herbarium, the greenhouses and the exhibition at the German Agricultural Museum were offered.

Programme

9:30–10:00 am	Get together
10:00–11:30 am	Impuls and discussion
12:15 am–1:15 pm	Break
1:15–2:15 pm	Guided tour through the Hohenheim Herbarium
2:15–3:15 pm	Guided tour through the greenhouses
3:15–4:15 pm	Guided tour through the Agricultural Museum
4:15–5:00 pm	Open discussion

Veranstaltungsplakat des 8. Sammlungstag BW am 27.02.2026 mit dem Titel "Sie haben unsere Sammlungen zum Fressen gern: Schädlinge! Risiken erkennen, Lösungen suchen" über einem Foto von grünen Pflanzen in einem Gewächshaus; darunter das Programm wie im Text beschrieben

Collection Day 2025/2

On November 7th, the seventh BW Collection Day BW the seventh BW Collection Day took place in the Faculty Hall of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Stuttgart. The session focused on topics relating to collection holdings – collection concepts and organisation, quality, the issue of ownership, and strategies for deaccessioning. In addition to two keynote presentations and a lively exchange of experiences, there was a demonstration of models and instruments from the Mathematical Collection by Professor Jens Wirth of the University of Stuttgart, as well as a guided tour of the Computer Science Museum led by Klemens Krause.

Programme

10:00–10:30 am	Get together and greetings by vice rector Prof Dr Bernadette Hahn and Katja Engstler
10:30 am–12:30 am	Presentation: „Obstacles to the Formation of Collections“ Sara Leicht on behalf of Nadja Mozdzen Presentation: „The Current Situation at the Institute for the History of Technology, Ulm“ Christina Schmitt
12:30 am–1:30 pm	Break
1:30–2:15 pm	Presentation of the Mathematical Collection – models and instruments Prof Dr Jens Wirth
2:15–3:00 pm	Break
3:00–4:30 pm	Guided tour through the Stuttgart Computer MuseumKlemens Krause
4:30–5 pm	Open discussion

Teilnehmende des Sammlungstages BW 25/2 in Stuttgart. Gruppenbild, stehend vor Ausstellungsstücken des Computermuseums.

Teilnehmende des Sammlungstages BW 2025/2 in Stuttgart

Collection Day 2025/1

On March 28th, the sixth BW Collection Day BW took place in the Senate Hall at Reutlingen University. The event focused on the standards and guidelines for collections. The discussions were just as interesting as the guided tour of the tissue collection and the visit to the new Texoversum.

Programme

10:30–11:00 am	Get together
11:00–11:30 am	Greetings
11:30 am–1:00 pm	Standards and guidelines in our collections: What do we need, what do we have?
1:00–2:00 pm	Break
2:00–3:30 pm	Guided tour through the Textile Collection and the Texoversum
4:00–5:00 pm	Open discussion

Collection Day 2024/2

On October 11th, the fifth BW Collection Day BW took place for the first time in the Pfleghof in Tübingen's old town. The meeting focused on the development goals and development steps of scientific collections in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Discussions covered inreach and outreach processes, adaptive formatting for accessibility and communication, as well as concrete measures to make scientific collections (more) visible on an international level.

Programme

10:30–11:00 am	Get together
11:00–11:30 am	Introduction
11:30 am–1:00 pm	Presentation: „Symposium als Format ‚Bit-Archäologie‘“ Katja Engstler und Klemens Krause Presentation: „heiCollections im audiMAX“ Jennifer Moldenhauer
1:00–2:00 pm	Break
2:00–3:30 pm	Guided tour through the new Collection Center of the MUT in Wilhelmstraße Prof. Ernst Seidl
4:00–5:00 pm	Open discussion

Collection Day 2024/1

On February 16th, the fourth Collection Day BW was held in the Ernst von Sieglin Auditorium at Hohentübingen Castle. The meeting focussed on the perspectives for scientific collections in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Forms of administrative integration at state level (i.e. through central custodies, central university institutions and administrative departments), digitisation and public relations, as well as increased efforts in collection and provenance research were discussed.

Programme

10:30–11:00 am	Get together
11:00–11:30 am	Introduction
11:30 am–1:00 pm	Short presentation with examples of organisations of scientific collections at universities in BW, including discussions
1:00–2:00 pm	Break
2:00–3:30 pm	Guided tour of the Musical Instruments Collection's new exhibition in the Pfleghof Dr. Jörg Büchler Guided tour of the oldest giant wine barrel at Hohentübingen Castle Prof. Ernst Seidl
3:30–5:00 pm	Open discussion

Collection Day 2023

On July 14th, the collection managers came together for the third Collection Day BW in the Ernst-von-Sieglin Auditorium at Hohentübingen Castle. In addition to the round table at the centre of the event, three participants presented examples of the development of their collections as a basis for discussion. The focus was on the development of networks and the visibility of collections within and outside university structures, as well as the struggle for structural integration into university teaching. The wish to organise bi-annual meetings was also expressed at this Collection Day.

Programme

11:00 am–12:00 pm	Introduction, description of the organisational, structural and administrative situations of the university collections Presentation: „Networking and presentation. Collections at the University of Stuttgart – a report“ PD Dr. Beate Ceranski
1:30–2:30 pm	Break
2:30–3:30 pm	Guided tours: Hohentübingen Castle, castle observatory, castle laboratory, Museum Ancient Cultures Dr. Klaus Möschel, Prof. Ernst Seidl
3:30–4:30 pm	Presentation: „Historical Textile Collection at the Reutlingen University“ Dr. Katharina Ebrecht Presentation: „Herbarium Collections of the University of Hohenheim“ Dr. Rhinaixa Victoria Duque-Thüs
4:30–5:00 pm	Open discussion (responsibility for cultural heritage, functions and potentials of different collections, communication and political contacts, room situation)

Collection Day 2020

On July 27th, the second Collection Day BW took place in a shortened online format. The circumstances determined not only the format but also the programme of the meeting: The focus was on the specific challenges of dealing with collections and objects in university operations during the pandemic. Collection managers also discussed conceptual aspects of university collections, such as the relationship between collections, institutes and the university, and the creation of collection structures.

Collection Day 2019

On October 11th, the Museum of the University of Tübingen hosted the first Collection Day BW at Hohentübingen Castle. This first meeting of the working group University Collections in Baden-Wuerttemberg aimed to bring together representatives of the university museums and collections, familiarise them with the respective structures and discuss the challenges and possible solutions faced by the collection managers.

Programme

10:00 am–12:00 pm	Introduction of the participants Exemplary short presentation about the structures of the Museum of the University of Tübingen short 3 to 5 minute statements to exemplary collection situations
12:00 pm–1:30 pm	Break
1:30–3:00 pm	“Collection problems and their possible solutions at my university” Small workshop groups Summary of results
3:00–3:30 Uhr	Break
3:30–5:00 Uhr	„Expectations of future working group meetings (content, structure, goals)" Small workshop groups Summary of results
from 5:00 Uhr	Guided tour: Highlights of the Museum Ancient Cultures and the exhibition “Ex machina: Leonardo da Vinci's machines between science and art” Prof. Ernst Seidl