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.