Stichting Academisch Erfgoed

The Stichting Academisch Erfgoed (SAE), in English the Dutch Foundation for Academic Heritage, is a network of Dutch universities that supports these universities' heritage and cultural collections.

Mission[]

The Dutch Foundation for Academic Heritage helps to protect university heritage, to make it more accessible and known to the public.

History[]

The SAE was founded in 1997, when Dutch State Secretary Aad Nuis reserved a subsidy of 12 million guilders via the . At that point, a plan was developed for future maintenance and management of the universities' collections. The SAE then made a first selection of valuable and save-worthy collections and objects, developed first guidelines to use these collections in education and research, and to make them better available for the broad public.^[1]

The SAE has initiated various thematic projects, about botanical, medical and geological collections. In 2012, the SAE also launched a shared collection website for academic heritage.

Members[]

• Universiteit van Amsterdam
• Delft University of Technology
• Eindhoven University of Technology
• University of Groningen
• Leiden University
• Maastricht University
• Radboud University Nijmegen
• Free University of Amsterdam
• Utrecht University
• Wageningen UR

Museum Boerhaave participates as an associate member.

External links[]

• Stichting Academisch Erfgoed
• Academische Collecties

Further reading[]

Monquil-Broersen, Tiny (2007). Universitaire collecties in Nederland: nieuw licht op het academisch erfgoed. Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 9789040083747.

References[]

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