Die Faszination des Reisens: (Über)Leben in der Frühen Neuzeit. Gefahren und Abenteuer

Compared to the present day, travelling in the early modern period was a far more difficult undertaking and never just a quick change of location, but a challenge. Travellers left the familiar and entered a world full of uncertainties. In this exhibition, you accompany two people on their journeys. At six stations - on travel preparations, obtaining information, dangers en route, medical care, the postal system and early modern travel memories - you will immerse yourself in the travelling experience of past centuries.

The exhibition is the result of the seminar “Reisen und Infrastrukturen in der Frühen Neuzeit” (Travel and Infrastructure in the Early Modern Period) (WS 24/25, led by Dr Astrid Ackermann) at the University of Erfurt.