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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Initial Cataloguing of the Perthes Publishing House Archive (1785–1945/53)
In its efforts to catalogue the Perthes Publishing House Archive, the Gotha Research Library is currently focusing on the historical archive of the Justus Perthes Publishing House up until 1945/1953.…
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- Gotha Research Library
Cataloguing the music manuscripts of the Gotha Research Library
The main focus of the historically grown music collection at the Research Library is Thuringian music history. The collection contains writings on music theory (8,000 notes, including 1,400…
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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
Indexing the correspondence and personal documents of Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff (1626–1692)
The scholar and statesman Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff is considered one of the most important representatives of the European Republic of Letters in the early modern period. He is regarded as the…
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Orient Digital
The project “Orient Digital” is a collaborative initiative between the Berlin State Library, the Gotha Research Library, the IT department of the University Computer Centre in Leipzig and the Bavarian…