Funding for project on cultural techniques of collecting

The project aims to establish a sustainable research infrastructure that will link scholars from the "Kulturtechniken des Sammelns" (Cultural Techniques of Collecting) research group at the University of Erfurt and researchers at the Universities of Weimar and Jena with the various collection facilities in Gotha. "The aim is to make Gotha's unique collection ensemble, which includes the Friedenstein Castle Foundation and the Gotha Research Library at the University of Erfurt, more accessible to early-stage researchers in particular," emphasizes Professor Wolfgang Struck. "They are offered very special qualification opportunities here with regard to the theory and practice of collecting and special collections."