Exhibitions

Exhibition series "KARTEN WISSEN MEER. Globalisierung vom Wasser aus"

On the oceans, the world became one. As media of globalisation, maps created the conditions for the intensification of shipping traffic. They showed travellers, merchants and migrants routes in a world that increasingly appeared to be a spatial continuum. As nautical charts, they enabled increasingly precise navigation... more

International exhibition "Das Äthiopien der Kartenmacher"

In the summer of 2019, the international exhibition "Das Äthiopien der Kartenmacher", organised by Gotha's collections and research institutions, was shown in Addis Ababa and was met with great interest... more

Gothaer Kartenwochen

...always new, always different. For over ten years, the series has been familiarising the scientifically and culturally interested public with the treasures of the Gotha Perthes Collection, which was acquired in 2003 by the Free State of Thuringia with the support of the Cultural Foundation of the Federal States and is supervised by the Gotha Research Library. The map exhibition is always dedicated to a selected topic, which is accompanied by a scientific programme... more