Guided tour: "Die Faszination des Reisens: (Über)Leben in der Frühen Neuzeit"

About the event

The exhibition, which is currently on display at the Gotha Research Centre, takes visitors on a journey into the early modern period between 1500 and 1800, shedding light on people's travel preparations, the dangers along the way and how travellers kept themselves informed. It shows medical care, the postal system and early modern souvenirs. Visitors accompany two fictional characters – a noblewoman from Weimar and a commoner from Erfurt – on their journeys. Fictional travel diaries based on real events and routes describe their experiences.

The exhibition was developed by history students at the University of Erfurt: In the seminar “Reisen und Infrastrukturen in der Frühen Neuzeit” (Travel and Infrastructures in the Early Modern Period), they designed themed panels, researched sources and literature, wrote texts and selected historical visual material under the direction of PD Dr Astrid Ackermann.

The public guided tours by Richard Wacker and Astrid Ackermann will take place on 15 January at 4 pm in the Gotha Research Centre, Schloßberg 2. Admission is free.