The University of Göttingen maintains one of the most impor­tant academic collec­tions in Germany. The objects in the collec­tions are a central com­po­nent of current academic knowledge pro­duc­tion and hold a wealth of po­ten­tial for future re­search. As the material academic heritage, they are used for illustra­tion pur­poses in teaching. They are of great histori­cal in­ter­est as a testimony to the history of know­ledge and the history of science and scholar­ship, epitomising the self-image of the uni­versity.