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Coimbra Group cultural heritage online exhibition

"This online exhibition celebrates shared cultural heritage across the Coimbra Group of European universities.
To coincide with the June 2017 Coimbra Conference, hosted at the University of Edinburgh, this is the first time that Collections from across 35 member institutions have been brought together in this unique collaboration.
Over 70 objects have been selected that straddle thousands of miles of the continent and millions of years of its history.(...) These objects highlight the rich cultural diversity and uniqueness of University collections around Europe."
Neil Lebeter, Coimbra Exhibition Curator, Library and University Collections, The University of Edinburgh

Click here to take a virtual visit to this outstanding exhibition.

Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard. The Coimbra Group is committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote, for the benefit of its members, internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society. It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European educational policy and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience.