SUMs (Science in University Museums)
SUMs aims are to:
- Demonstrate the tangible contribution university science museums make to science education at all learning stages.
- Demonstrate the role university science museums play in increasing science capital and so improving young people’s life chances.
- Advocate on behalf of university science museums within the cultural and education sector.
- Provide knowledge sharing opportunities between university science museums and other types of organisations.
- Create resources (such as toolkits and case studies) that support science learning in museums and the classroom
UK
Great North Museum
Lapworth Museum, University of Birmingham
Manchester Museum
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
University of Cambridge Museums; Museum of Zoology, Polar Museum, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
International
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, USA
Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
