近代博物馆起源于高校博物馆。追溯博物馆的发展史,发现最早的博物馆也是源于高校博物馆。目前公认的全球最早的博物馆,即建于公元前284年,托勒密(ptolemies)王朝的古埃及亚历山大博物馆,当时称为缪斯学园,是当时世界上最大的科学与艺术中心。我国第一座博物馆1905年创建的南通师范学校南通博物苑,同样也是一所学校博物馆。这说明最初的博物馆与高校融为一体,是重要的教育研究机构。经过一个多世纪的发展,高校博物馆的数量、管理体制、功能、陈列形式、类型都发生一系列变化。 Modern museum originated in the university museum. Trace the history of the museum, found that the earliest museum is also derived from the University Museum. Currently recognized as the world’s earliest museum, built in 284 BC, Ptolemies dynasty ancient Egyptian Museum of Alexandria, then known as the Muse Institute, was the world’s largest science and art center. Nantong Normal School Nantong Museum, founded in 1905 by China’s first museum, is also a school museum. This shows that the original museum and university integration, is an important educational research institutes. After more than a century of development, there has been a series of changes in the number, management system, functions, display forms and types of university museums.