title: [Museum, library, and archives of the German Society of Urology as a corporate museum : A neglected, sizeable dimension of scientific collections owened by professional societies].
abstract: Corporate museums make important contributions to science history and daily life. They are an essential part of the historical marketing of organizations, including scientific associations. The museum for the history of urology organized and housed by the German Society of Urology (DGU) can be compared to a corporate museum, because the institution serves two purposes: it represents the society to a wider public and it helps to reconstruct and analyze the history of urology and the history of the society. In a close collaboration with medical historians from all over the world the museum serves as a research institution for the history of urology. The institution is founded at the frontier between a commercial corporate museum similar to that of international companies and a classical scientific museum. The paper describes these aspects of the museum and discusses the inherent value of a museum for a scientific association.
authors.affiliation: Museum, Bibliothek und Archiv, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie e. V., Düsseldorf, Deutschland. friedrich.moll@uni-koeln.de.|Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. friedrich.moll@uni-koeln.de.|Urologische Klinik, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Neufelder Straße 32, 51067, Köln, Deutschland. friedrich.moll@uni-koeln.de.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.affiliation: Archivar i. R., Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie e. V., Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rathert
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fangerau
mesh_terms: D001109:Archives; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000266:history*; D009144:Museums / Q000266:history*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*; D014572:Urology / Q000266:history*
keywords: Corporate museums; Culture of organizations; History of medicine; Science museums; Scientific associations