Calendar of the Francke Foundations

Events

Highlights

Summer serenade on the balcony

25. June 2025

An evening of cultural history, music and summer mood

Cultural aperitif

16. July 2025

Short, pointed and entertaining guided tour at lunchtime with a convivial finale

Scholarship talks of the Dr. Liselotte Kirchner Scholarship programme

17. July 2025

Young researchers follow a colleague's lecture online on a large video screen.

Open Monument Day

14. September 2025

View into the Historic Library with the originally preserved bookshelfes.

Preservation and renewal: Monument preservation meets new use

The Power of Emotions

19. March 2022 - 05. February 2023

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An interactive course on emotions in our everyday lives that opens up surprising spaces for play and thought.

Vernetzen. Verändern. Gestalten. Kulturelle Bildung trifft Soziale Arbeit.

18. September 2025

Praxis-Fachtagung in den Franckeschen Stiftungen

Total Real. The discovery of visualisation

23. March 2024 - 02. February 2025

How do we perceive the world to understand it?

  

Events

Today, Friday, 06/20/2025

Familiy-Playtime on Friday

Free time in the Krokoseum

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3:00 pmChildren's ProgramHouse 1 - Historic Orphanage

KrokoMobile

Play, experiment, discover new things – on an Excursion with the Krokoseum

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4:00 pmChildren's ProgramHouse 1 - Historic Orphanage
Saturday, 06/21/2025

A playful competition

SV Francke 08 family and sports festival

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10:00 amEvent
Monday, 06/23/2025

Geschichten aus dem Lesekoffer

Entdeckt Geschichten mit Vorlesepatin Ina

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1:00 pmAn Open OfferHouse 19f

Free Playtime in the Krokoseum

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2:00 pmChildren's ProgramHouse 1 - Historic Orphanage

On mondays in the Krokoseum: The Art Studio

»Earth without Art is just‚ eh’.«

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4:00 pmChildren's Program

Language Learners Group on Monday

Open offer of language and learning promotion

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5:00 pmAn Open OfferHouse 33

Exhibitions

300 years of curiosity. Hidden knowledge from the Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities

Annual exhibition 2025

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11. May 2025 - 06. April 2026House 1 - Historic Orphanage

Francke in Transition

Join us in designing the new exhibition on the founder of the foundation!

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11. September 2022House 28

Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities

3000 Wonders of the World

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House 1 - Historic Orphanage

Historic Orphanage

A castle built for education purposes

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House 1 - Historic Orphanage

Library Hall Kulissenbibliothek

»One of the best libraries of our time«

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House 22

Pietismus-Cabinet

Strength of the word

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House 1 - Historic Orphanage

Tour through the Cultural Monument

300 Years of Education in a Unique Architectural Landscape

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Waisenhaus-Cabinet

World change through human change

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House 1 - Historic Orphanage