Iron Library Foundation
Eisenbibliothek, Stiftung der Georg Fischer AG
Schlatt TG, Switzerland
About
Founded in 1948, Iron Library Foundation is a foundation based in Schlatt TG, Switzerland working on heritage, science & research, education.
The Iron Library is a private specialist library and foundation based at the Klostergut Paradies estate in Schlatt, near Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Established in 1948 by Georg Fischer Ltd., it holds around 47,000 titles on the history of technology, materials and natural sciences, and looks after the GF Corporate Archives, which are of national importance in Switzerland. It offers public guided tours, events and a conference, and makes its holdings freely available to researchers and interested members of the public. Georg Fischer Ltd. subsidises the foundation.
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Scholar in Residence program
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Gives scholars the opportunity to study the Iron Library's holdings intensively for a set period.
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Georg Fischer AG, Huntsman Advanced Materials, e-rara
