Foundation Weimar Classic

The Foundationof Weimar Classics is one of the largest and most significant cultural institutions in Germany. With its 25 museums, exhibitions, palaces and historical houses the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, a research library with a collection of circa one million volumes, the Goethe and Schiller Archive, the oldest literature archive in Germany; and the parks in and around Weimar, the Foundation of Weimar Classics is one of Europe´s important historical, cultural and scholarly centres. The national and international renown of the Foundation´s building ensembles is strengthened by the addition of eleven sites which belong to the ensemble "Classical Weimar" to the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.