Projects
A large number of projects are carried out at the Gotha collection and research centre. These range from collection-related and source-based cataloguing, preservation and research projects to digitisation and digital humanities projects. The collections are thus made usable for science and the public. The individual institutions work closely with various national and international co-operation partners. Explore a selection of current projects.
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- Gotha Research Library
Digitisation of Prints from the Gotha Research Library that have been Verified in VD17 as Unique.
The Gotha Research Library preserves over 12,000 unique print titles from the period 1601 to 1700. All of these titles are catalogued in the Register of Printed Works of the 17th century Published in…
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- Friedenstein Castle Foundation
Digitising the numismatic collection at Friedenstein Castle, Gotha
With 145,000 objects, the Numismatic Collection is one of the largest collections at the Friedenstein. As part of the Gotha transdigital project, the numismatic objects in the Numismatic Collection…
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- Gotha Research Library
- Transcultural Studies / Gotha Perthes Collection
- Gotha Research Centre
- Friedenstein Castle Foundation
Gotha around 1800: Nature – Science – History
Around 1800, Gotha was a court interconnected throughout Europe. Since the founding of the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640), the dukes’ collecting interests gave rise to extensive collections of…
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- Gotha Research Library
Books, Parks, and Gardens
The cooperation project involves the digitization of rare and difficult-to-access prints and manuscripts pertaining to horticulture and landscape parks in the Gotha Research Library, the Duchess Anna…
- Gotha Research Library
Digitization of Medieval Manuscripts
The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt is participating in the digitization of the manuscript heritage in German libraries. It has digitized 247 of its 525 significant medieval…
- Gotha Research Library
The Gotha Daily Newspaper Digital (1850-1918)
As the historical state library of the territories of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Gotha Research Library collects the regional print production as completely as possible, makes…
- Gotha Research Library
- Transcultural Studies / Gotha Perthes Collection
Cartographic Sources and Territorial Transformations in the Horn of Africa since the Late 18th Century (ETHIOMAP)
The research project comprises two partner projects being carried out simultaneously in France (funded by French National Research Agency) and Germany (funded by German Research Foundation). The…