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    Originalbrief von der Hand Lessings erworben

    Pressemitteilung, Wolfenbüttel, 22. Mai 2023

    Für rund 28.000 Euro ging ein Brief des Dichters an seine Schwester aus dem Jahr 1777 jetzt aus Privatbesitz in die Bestände der Herzog August Bibliothek über.

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    Innige Momente und wachsende Entfernung – Lesung mit Urs Faes

    Der Züricher Schriftsteller ist am 25. Mai 2023 zu Gast im Lessinghaus der Herzog August Bibliothek und liest im Rahmen von „HAB gelesen!“ aus „Untertags“.

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    A visit to the Gottorf cabinet of curiosities

    Reports from a journeyman apothecary on the road

    Royal collections of rare, new and unique objects were a popular destination for travellers in the early modern period. In January 1657, the young journeyman pharmacist Wagener (d. 1659) was given a guided tour of the famous Gottorf cabinet of curiosities near Schleswig by the equally renowned court librarian and scholar Adam Olearius (1599–1671).

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    Exhibition and event facilities in the Bibliotheca Augusta closed until further notice

    2 March 2023

    The Augusteerhalle will no longer be available to the public from April 2023 onwards. This will not only affect visits and guided tours of the exhibition rooms, but also events such as lectures and concerts.

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    Right in the middle – not just on the sidelines

    Participation and cooperation opportunities in the NFDI-consortium Text+

    Text+ is a consortium of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). Organised in three data domains, Text+ aims to develop standards and best practices to make data available according to the so-called FAIR principles. As an initiative of the community for the community, the consortium provides a whole range of services and opportunities for institutions, projects and individual researchers.

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  • Research

    Assets looted by the Nazis among the Herzog August Bibliothek’s acquisitions made between 1933 and 1969

    One of the core tasks of museums, archives and libraries is to conduct research into the provenance and historical ownership of their own collections and holdings.

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  • Culture

    Online exhibitions

    Virtual exhibition visit

    Our collections and holdings can be viewed both on the HAB premises and in various virtual presentations that have been created in parallel to the library’s curated special exhibitions.

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    HAB gehört

    The podcast of the Herzog August Bibliothek

    The Herzog August Bibliothek has many faces – both literally and figuratively. In HAB gehört we spotlight them, allowing you to take a closer look at the wide range of content HAB has to offer.

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Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

Independent Research Institute for European Cultural History

The Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) is one of the world's leading research institutions for cultural history. It is the library that provides the basis for this, preserving, cataloguing, expanding and presenting unique holdings. Scholars from all over the world find optimal conditions for their research here.

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Research

The HAB is one of the leading international research centres for the cultural history of the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It is a place of scholarly dialogue and interdisciplinary cooperation.

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Library

The collection of manuscripts and books of Duke Augustus the Younger of Brunswick-Lüneburg forms the core of the Wolfenbüttel Research Library, along with a large number of other collections.

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Culture

With exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, lectures, concerts and readings, the HAB offers a diverse cultural programme.

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Current Projects

 

The historical holdings of the Herzog August Bibliothek form a collection of European culture from the Early Middle Ages to the Enlightenment and beyond that is unique in breadth and depth. Manuscripts, incunabula and prints as well as graphics and paintings, maps and modern artists' books offer a variety of starting points for cataloguing, editing and research projects. The proven hermeneutic approaches of the humanities are complemented and supported by innovative methods of the digital humanities. In addition to publication in print, new forms of digital publishing are being tested to secure the scholarly results.

Projects

VD 17

The project is part of a master plan for digitising the VD 17 bibliography, which ...

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Fellowship Programmes

 

The scholarship programme of the Herzog August Bibliothek has existed for over 30 years and offers funding opportunities for applicants at all stages of their academic career, from doctoral candidates to emeritus professors. The core condition for funding, which is discussed in various selection committees, is the centrality of the Wolfenbüttel holdings for the development of the respective project. All programmes are international and interdisciplinary.


Current Exhibitions

 

Globes and old maps are on permanent display in the museum of the Bibliotheca Augusta. An exhibition on the "Life and Work of Lessing in Wolfenbüttel" is set up in the Lessinghaus. In addition, the HAB regularly presents special exhibitions in which research results and collections are vividly presented and made accessible to the public. Exhibitions of works by modern or contemporary artists, many of whom are also represented in the collection of the Wolfenbüttel Library, are held in the Malerbuchsaal.


Current Publications

 

Monographs, anthologies, exhibition and collection catalogues contain the results of research and cataloguing at the HAB. The variety of topics is as extensive as the scientific activities of the HAB itself. About 250 titles are currently available.