The academic collections at Carl von Ossietzky University are extremely diverse. A total of 84 collections are housed across 14 locations. They range from everyday textile objects and living plants to historical measuring instruments used in physics.

The university was founded in 1973; such a diverse range of collections is not to be taken for granted at such a young university. As a reform university, it houses a large number of academic collections, including some of more recent origin. These include: DEFA films, school textbooks, clinical models and simulators, and the holdings of the Karl Jaspers Library. What all the university’s collections have in common is their purpose: they are intended to serve research and teaching.

With the aim of strengthening these functions, linking the collections more closely together and raising awareness of them, the ‘Custodians of the CvO’ have formed a joint working group since 2017.

This portal provides an insight into the university’s active collections and showcases the work of the ‘CvO Curators’ at the University of Oldenburg.

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