Collections and Archives
More than 20 specialised institutions are responsible for maintaining, indexing and providing access to our comprehensive collection and archive holdings. They include a huge range of items, works and documents focused on natural sciences, technology and culture.
extract – exhibition space of the Collections and Archives of ETH Zurich
Big topics in a small space: extract explores topics relating to the interplay between society and the research conducted at ETH Zurich.
Biodiversität: verletzliche Vielfalt.
From 25 August 2023 extract invites you to the exhibition "Biodiversität: verletzliche Vielfalt". The visit is free of charge and open to the public during opening hours.
All information on the exhibition space, the exhibitions and the accompanying programme can be found on the extract-Website.
Strategic focus
The holdings within our collections and archives are constantly evolving, as is the range of services the archives can provide. Our digital resources complement a range of other activities, including exhibitions, publications, guided tours and lectures, to foster a close and lively dialogue between the university and the public.
Our current DownloadStrategy of the Collections and Archives 2021 to 2024 (PDF, 7 MB)vertical_align_bottom sets this evolution in the context of the following strategic priorities for the future:
Digital transformation
- Continuing digitisation and indexing of holdings
- Enriching metadata and publishing it as (linked) open data
- Adding new features to existing platforms
- Generating added value for research, teaching and the general public
Networking of specialisations
- Strengthening our networks in Switzerland and abroad
- Making the most of new partnership opportunities for teaching and research
Purposeful dialogue with the public
- Making better use of physical space when presenting our collections and archives
- Developing innovative online formats
- Strengthening the dialogue with the public
Cataloguing and digitisation projects
- internal page chevron_right Anatomical collection of domestic animal – a look under the skin
- internal page chevron_right DEFA – Digitisation and cataloguing of refugee files
- internal page chevron_right Digitisation: fabric sample books by Adolf Jenny-Trümpy
- internal page chevron_right FuTur – Full digitisation of the rust fungi subcollection
- internal page chevron_right MALIA – digitisation of 150,000 Hymenoptera and publication of the data in the NAHIMA database
- internal page chevron_right Sub-project of e-maps02, ETHLibrary
- internal page chevron_right “Meister collection” subproject as part of the 2022–2024 vascular plant collection
- internal page chevron_right Digital registration of the moss collection of Dr. J. Amann (1859-1939)
- internal page chevron_right Digitisation of the photograph collection of the Archives of Contemporary History (ACH)
- internal page chevron_right DinKa – digitisation of key documents in institutional holdings secured in the Archives of Contemporary History
- internal page chevron_right Vascular plants herbarium
- internal page chevron_right Zoological Collection – digitisation of flash cards and associated objects
Office for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Working in close collaboration with the Collections and Archives of the ETH Library and the departments at ETH Zurich in charge of collections, the Office for Cultural Property Protection (KGS) is responsible for developing and implementing emergency concepts in accordance with the specifications of conservation organisations, the emergency services, and federal laws and regulations. Read more
Related Links
- Download vertical_align_bottom Strategy Collections and Archives 2021 to 2024 (PDF, 7 MB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Strategy Collections and Archives 2015 to 2020 (PDF, 55 KB)
- external page call_made ETH Zurich's Collections and Archives, 2017
- Download vertical_align_bottom ETH Zurich's Collections and Archives Regulations (RSETHZ 203.6) (German only) (PDF, 129 KB)