Study Centre The Archive is located in Newnham, an attractive part of Cambridge, close to where Wittgenstein once lived. (For its exact location please see the official map of Cambridge University). The Archive’s home was built by Sir Colin St John Wilson, the architect of the new British Library, who is himself greatly influenced by Wittgenstein’s philosophy. In its austerity and proportional rigour, the building resembles the house that Wittgenstein designed and built in Vienna for his sister Margarete Stonborough; it has been cited in many publications as an embodiment of Wittgenstein’s philosophical and literary style. While the Archive already receives many visitors from all fields of learning and the arts, the limitations of its existing facilities mean that it must turn down many more requests than it grants. Extending the premises (by purchase) and refurbishing the house would provide accomodation and working facilities for visiting scholars, as well as a setting for lectures, seminars and exhibitions. Editors’ workshop In spite of the vast difference in the visual appearance between manuscripts by different authors, there is an underlying structure common to all. Because of this and since the complexities of Wittgenstein’s manuscripts incorporate almost all the features commonly found in Western texts, the special editorial methods and software tools developed by the Archive are applicable to any kind of text, to the whole of our common written inheritance. The methods and tools make the editing and publication of manuscripts more efficient, and their widespread use would make it possible to publish complex manuscripts more faithfully, more quickly and economically: All in all, the Vienna Edition combines readability with accuracy, elegance with lavish detail. It will be a valuable source to scholars, an example to philologists, and a pleasure to bibliophiles. The Times Literary Supplement Extending the Archive’s premises and facilities would also enable us to support and to make our own resources available to many more editorial projects than our limited means allow at present. Educational Charity The Wittgenstein Archive has been established as a charitable trust ‘to advance the education of the public in the life, works and philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein’. Few more worthwhile intellectual enterprises could be conceived. Wittgenstein himself was part of the last great flowering of the Central European cultural tradition, the passion, rigour and originality of which he brought to the very different English traditions of early 20th century Cambridge. Rather than diminishing with time, the influence of his ideas continues to grow, often in new and unexpected directions. The Wittgenstein Archive seeks the support of all those who value Wittgenstein and his work to build a Ludwig Wittgenstein Institute that will ensure the faithful dissemination of his ideas, an institute that will be a fitting celebration of one of the great men of Vienna, of Cambridge, and of 20th century Europe.