About University of Alberta Museums
The University of Alberta Museums is one of the largest collecting institutions in Canada. It is a distributed system of 30 registered museum collections in nearly 200 storage locations across campus with 30 academic curators and 5 technical staff.
As the largest academic museum system in Canada, the University of Alberta Museums system contains millions of objects and specimens from five faculties and 12 academic units. Approximately 90% of the University of Alberta Museums collections are related to the sciences, and the other 10% are in the humanities.
All University of Alberta Museums collections are integral to the academic mission of the university.
The University of Alberta Museums is a:
- Category A institution as designated by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
- Recognized Museum - Leader as assessed by the Alberta Museums Association (renewed in 2021)
About the University of Alberta Museums Unit
The University of Alberta Museums unit refers to the central leadership team of museum professionals. We are a group of museum professionals who know about all areas of museum practice such as:
- collections management
- community engagement
- exhibitions
- museum administration
- ethics and legalities
The University of Alberta Museums unit administers the campus-wide Museums and Collections Policy approved by the Board of Governors in 2008. This policy and the unit ensure that museums are operating under local, national, and international museum standards and guidelines.