Laboratories
The study of written artefacts requires technical equipment that suits the objects’ characteristics and needs, their location, and the kind of research question and analysis intended. At the CSMC and its Cluster of Excellence ‘Understanding Written Artefacts’, a threefold laboratory system – consisting of a High Performance Lab, a Mobile Lab, and a Container Lab – supports our researchers in studying written artefacts both in Hamburg and abroad, in museums and archives, and in the field.