The university is looking into ideas on how best to display the blackboard, including placing it in the foyer of the physics building or in a classroom where students can work on their own equations alongside it.
The chalk marks on the blackboard have, however, faded over time, despite the fact the blackboard is behind glass.
Dr Chapman said it would be appraised by an expert to make sure it could be protected before it was moved anywhere.
“We certainly don’t want to move it until someone has looked at it and said ‘yeah that’s good’,” she added.
“We’re trying to figure out what it needs, what to do with it and how to even take it off the wall safely.
“If we could put it in a Perspex box to guarantee it for the next century, that would be absolutely fabulous.
“It’s been with us for 95 years and we want it to be with us for 95 more.”