%0 Journal Article %T Taking care of identity, memories and heritages ¨C Experiences at the Museum of the Federal University of Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil %A Luciana Menezes de Carvalho %J University Museums and Collections Journal %D 2012 %I International Committee for University Museums and Collections %X This paper presents the project ¡°Planning Unifal¡¯s museum: the student¡¯s relationship with Unifal¡¯s heritage and memory¡± that is being developed since 2008 in order to guide the students of the university and stimulate the external community to participate in the basic steps of creating a museum: developing internal policies, organizing, cleaning, storing the collections, planning and setting up exhibits, among other activities. As one of the project¡¯s outcome, we shall present an exhibit that addresses important issues about museums and heritage, emphasizing the role of museums in shaping the concepts of museum and heritage. %K museum %K heritage %K memory %U http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/umacj/2012/menezes-de-carvalho-169/PDF/menezes-de-carvalho.pdf