ThingStories
ThingStories
DingGeschichten - narrated knowledge
Where do the collected objects actually come from? Collection managers at the University of Oldenburg tell the stories behind the things...
Have a listen!
The interviews were conducted as part of the exhibition "How We Know - Interfaces between Research and Everyday Life". Students from the Museum and Exhibition Master's degree programme showed the exhibition at The Smart House Oldenburg from 11 May 2019 to 31 May 2019.
In full bloom
An interview with Dr Maria Will, curator of the Biological Collections
In the collection of flower models, the sage flower is a representative of its genus. In this interview, Dr Maria Will, curator of the Biological Collections, explains the impact of the collection objects on teaching at the university.
The interview was conducted as part of the exhibition "How We Know - Interfaces between Research and Everyday Life". Students from the Museum and Exhibition Master's degree programme presented the exhibition at The Smart House Oldenburg from 11 May 2019 to 31 May 2019.
Rare giant
An interview with the curator of the Botanical Garden Collection, Dr Klaus Bernhard von Hagen
The curator of the Botanical Garden's collection, Dr Klaus Bernhard von Hagen, set up a seed collection with around 1500 objects for illustrative purposes. The Seychelles nut is a valuable part of this collection due to its size and special shape, and above all its history and origin.
Supporting symbolism
An interview with Carolin Krämer, curator of the Everyday Textile Culture Collection
For the curator of the Everyday Textile Culture Collection, Carolin Krämer, this women's coat is a vivid example of the handling of objects from everyday textile culture. The coat is part of the Clothes and Stories sub-collection. Here the name says it all: Not only items of clothing are collected and preserved, but also the stories associated with them.
Memory fragments
Interview with Prof Violeta Dinescu, curator of the collections of Eastern European music
The curator Prof Violeta Dinescu is in charge of Detlef Gojowy's estate in the collections of Eastern European music. She has a very personal relationship with the objects, which also include private photographic material from the correspondence between Detlef Gojowy and Myriam Marbe (shown in the photos), most of which has been lost.
Building blocks of media history
An interview with Paul Tillmann Haas, curator of the BIS collections
The curator of the Library and Information Centre's collections, Paul Tillmann Haas, talks about the origins of the shellac records that form a focal point of the collection.
