UMIS trips
UMIS trips
SATURDAY 16 June 2018
Bus Tour to University Museums and Collections in STIRLING, DUNDEE and ST ANDREWS
Saturday 16th June 2018
Leave University of Glasgow at 8.30am - Arrive back by 7.30pm
First stop is the University of Stirling, where Curators Jane Cameron and Sarah Bromage will give a tour of the Art Collection in the Pathfoot Building. The University opened in 1967 and Pathfoot was the first campus building to be completed. It has been praised as “an outstanding example of post-war Modernist Scottish architecture, of international significance” (Category A Listing). The building has hosted the Art Collection ever since that time. The current exhibition celebrates the University’s 50th anniversary capturing that year's Summer of Love, the hippy counterculture and above all the revolution in popular music, with its pervading influence on media, fashion and youth lifestyles. Refreshments will be provided during the visit.
The tour will then head on the University of Dundee, where lunch will be provided. Afterwards, Curator Matthew Jarron will give a tour of the current art and design exhibitions in the Tower Foyer & Lamb Galleries, featuring works from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design collection. Delegates will then visit the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, featuring specimens and models collected by the renowned biologist and polymath. The visit to Dundee will end with a trip to Dundee Science Centre where the Tayside Medical History Museum (part of the University of Dundee Museum Services) have created a new permanent display on the history of surgery.
Crossing the Tay Bridge (with a great view of the new V&A Dundee, opening later this year), the tour will head on to the University of St Andrews, where delegates will be welcomed to MUSA, the Museum of the University of St Andrews, where they can examine artefacts and specimens from the University’s 600 year history, in diverse fields including the sciences, art and world cultures. There will also be the opportunity to visit the MUSA Collections Centre, an open access store and research centre, before having some free time to explore this beautiful medieval town. Refreshments will be provided.
The bus departs at 5pm and heads back to Glasgow with a comfort break en route.
Cost £10.
Visit to St Cecilia's Hall, University of Edinburgh, EDINBURGH
Saturday 16th June 2018
Delegates need to organise their own way there via public transport (there are good train and bus connections from Glasgow to Edinburgh). A guided tour can be arranged if they know sufficient numbers in advance.
https://www.ed.ac.uk/visit/museums-galleries/st-cecilias
Contact: Jacky MacBeath |Head of Museums, Deputy Head of the Centre for Research Collections |Centre for Research Collections |University of Edinburgh Main Library |George Square | Edinburgh EH8 9LJ |Tel: 0131 6503412
SUNDAY 17 June 2018
Visit to Aberdeen Museums
Sunday 17th June 2018
Meeting at the Marischal College in the city centre at 13:00 (suitable for the train leaving Glasgow at 09:37), this visit will include a visit to the University of Museums Collections Centre including study centre and human culture stores, followed by a visit to the main University campus in Old Abderdeen. This will include a visit to King's Museum, where the student-curated exhibition, "Growing up: different journeys" will have just opened. The visit will end with time to return to the station for the 17:47 train to Glasgow (arriving at 20:29).
Advance booking is essential.
SATURDAY 16 June 2018
Bus Tour to University Museums and Collections in STIRLING, DUNDEE and ST ANDREWS
Saturday 16th June 2018
Leave University of Glasgow at 8.30am - Arrive back by 7.30pm
First stop is the University of Stirling, where Curators Jane Cameron and Sarah Bromage will give a tour of the Art Collection in the Pathfoot Building. The University opened in 1967 and Pathfoot was the first campus building to be completed. It has been praised as “an outstanding example of post-war Modernist Scottish architecture, of international significance” (Category A Listing). The building has hosted the Art Collection ever since that time. The current exhibition celebrates the University’s 50th anniversary capturing that year's Summer of Love, the hippy counterculture and above all the revolution in popular music, with its pervading influence on media, fashion and youth lifestyles. Refreshments will be provided during the visit.
The tour will then head on the University of Dundee, where lunch will be provided. Afterwards, Curator Matthew Jarron will give a tour of the current art and design exhibitions in the Tower Foyer & Lamb Galleries, featuring works from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design collection. Delegates will then visit the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, featuring specimens and models collected by the renowned biologist and polymath. The visit to Dundee will end with a trip to Dundee Science Centre where the Tayside Medical History Museum (part of the University of Dundee Museum Services) have created a new permanent display on the history of surgery.
Crossing the Tay Bridge (with a great view of the new V&A Dundee, opening later this year), the tour will head on to the University of St Andrews, where delegates will be welcomed to MUSA, the Museum of the University of St Andrews, where they can examine artefacts and specimens from the University’s 600 year history, in diverse fields including the sciences, art and world cultures. There will also be the opportunity to visit the MUSA Collections Centre, an open access store and research centre, before having some free time to explore this beautiful medieval town. Refreshments will be provided.
The bus departs at 5pm and heads back to Glasgow with a comfort break en route.
Cost £10.
Visit to St Cecilia's Hall, University of Edinburgh, EDINBURGH
Saturday 16th June 2018
Delegates need to organise their own way there via public transport (there are good train and bus connections from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Buses leave from Buchanan Bus Station in the city centre and trains from Queen Street Train Station (or sometimes also Central Train Station). Check Traveline Scotland & ScotRail). A guided tour can be arranged if they know sufficient numbers in advance.
https://www.ed.ac.uk/visit/museums-galleries/st-cecilias
Contact: Jacky MacBeath |Head of Museums, Deputy Head of the Centre for Research Collections |Centre for Research Collections |University of Edinburgh Main Library |George Square | Edinburgh EH8 9LJ |Tel: 0131 6503412
SUNDAY 17 June 2018
Visit to Aberdeen Museums
Sunday 17th June 2018, 13:00-17:00
Meeting at the Marischal College in the city centre at 13:00 (suitable for the train leaving Glasgow at 09:37 from Glasgow Queen Street Train Station. Check Traveline Scotland & ScotRail), this visit will include a visit to the University Museums Collections Centre including study centre and human culture stores, followed by a visit to the main University campus in Old Abderdeen. This will include a visit to King's Museum, where the student-curated exhibition, "Growing up: different journeys" will have just opened. The visit will end with time to return to the station for the 17:47 train to Glasgow (arriving at 20:29).
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/museums/
Advance booking is essential.