%0 Journal Article %T Microcosms: an introduction to an interdisciplinary museum project %A Bruce Robertson %J University Museums and Collections Journal %D 2010 %I International Committee for University Museums and Collections %X This paper summarizes the questions raised by the research of Microcosms, an interdisciplinary, multi-campus research project at the University of California. This project considers the role of material collections in the modern university, within an historical perspective, and comes to several broad conclusions. %K university collections %K microcosms %K material collections %U http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/umacj/2010/robertson-1/PDF/robertson.pdf