Trinity College Academic and Artistic Collections
The spectacular Long Room within The Old Library has, for 300 years, served as the main communicative interface for Trinity’s creative and cultural achievements and events. There exists an additional wealth of material culture in the form of the College’s specialised teaching collections acting as important resources that are also directly in contact with the core business of College - research and teaching. These are mainly cared for in an honorary capacity by dedicated individuals in related disciplines. Together with the Library collections, they embody Trinity’s rich heritage, representing 400 years of its place at the centre of Irish and international intellectual and cultural life. The unique nature of these collections in relation to their public counterparts is that they have emerged from an essentially research-driven quest for knowledge and a desire to disseminate and develop this knowledge primarily for didactic and scholarly purposes.
The Academic and Artistic Collections - a summary (Download pdf: 694kb)
The Anatomy Museum, Department of Anatomy, Anatomy Building
Contact: Paul Glacken pglacken@tcd.ie
The Art Collections, Office for the Secretary, Campus-wide www.tcd.ie/artcollections
Contact: Catherine Giltrap catherine.giltrap@tcd.ie
The Herbarium, Department of Botany, Botany Building www.tcd.ie/Botany/herbarium
Contact: Prof. John Parnell jparnell@tcd.ie
The Civil Engineering Heritage Archive, The Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, Museum Building
Contact: Dr. Ron Cox rcox@tcd.ie
The Classics Collection, Department of Classics, Arts Building
Contacts: Prof. Brian McGing and Dr. Hazel Dodge
bmcging@tcd.ie , hdodge@tcd.ie
The Computer Science Collection, Department of Computer Science, O’Reilly Institute Atrium
Contact: Prof. John Byrne john.byrne@cs.tcd.ie
The Geological Museum, Department of Geology, Museum Building
http://www.tcd.ie/Geology/museum/
Contact: Dr. Patrick WyseJackson wysjcknp@tcd.ie
The Weingreen Museum, School of Religions and Theology, Arts Building www.tcd.ie/Religions_Theology/weingreenmuseum/
Contact: Dr. Zuleika Rodgers rodgersz@tcd.ie
The Zoological Museum, Department of Zoology, Zoology Building www.tcd.ie/Zoology/museum
Contact: Dr. Martyn Linnie mlinnie@tcd.ie