Training opportunities in museums and collections at the Complutense University of Madrid

Abstract

The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) pursues integrated management of its heritage using its own resources and collaboration with external entities. As the largest on-site university in Spain, it marshals a significant human potential directly involved with heritage. There are a considerable number of lecturers teaching or researching various aspects of cultural and scientific heritage, a smaller number of technicians working in this field, and a large number of students interested in it. The size of the institution implies a great deal of autonomy at its centres and therefore a dispersion of knowledge and capacities, but also the availability of valuable training opportunities at many levels. The main issue, then, is to achieve sound coordination and come up with a global strategy that might serve all Complutense museums and collections.