Goethe-Laboratorium
The new permanent exhibition of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena in the old inspector's house of the Botanical Garden, which will be integrated into research and teaching.
Ansicht des Inspektorhauses im Botanischen Garten
»It is a pleasant task to explore nature and oneself at the same time, to do violence neither to her nor to one’s own spirit, but to bring both into balance with one another through a gentle reciprocal influence.« – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Proverbs in Prose 1.369
The new permanent exhibition at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, curated by Helmut Hühn (Jena) and Margrit Wyder (Zurich), is a place where the fundamentals of Goethe's study of nature are brought to mind and the sciences and their history are explored at the same time.
Involved in teaching, research and transfer, the Goethe-Laboratorium is to be developed as a university location that brings the humanities and natural sciences into interaction and links them with the cognitive achievements of the arts.
Goethe-Laboratorium
Inspektorhaus
Fürstengraben 26
07743 Jena
Opening hours:
Wednesday to Sunday: 11:00 AM to 17:00 PM
Access to the laboratory only via Fürstengraben (not via Botanical Garden)
The Goethe-Laboratorium is closed on public holidays.