Hachiko
Jul 25, 2004, 03:07
University museums have long been part of the cultural landscape in many western countries, serving not only academic communities but the general public too.
Founded in 1683, the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford in England is widely credited as being the world's first public museum, blazing a trail followed by many other distinguished European universities in the 18th century. In the United States, meanwhile, after the renowned Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University opened in 1866, other prestigious institutions were quick to follow suit.
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040718x1.htm)
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Founded in 1683, the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford in England is widely credited as being the world's first public museum, blazing a trail followed by many other distinguished European universities in the 18th century. In the United States, meanwhile, after the renowned Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University opened in 1866, other prestigious institutions were quick to follow suit.
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040718x1.htm)
Wherever you may be... (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040718x6.htm)