Calendar of the Francke Foundations

Events

Highlights

Cultural aperitif

21. May 2025

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

Summer serenade on the balcony

11. June 2025

An evening of cultural history, music and summer mood

Thirst for knowledge

12. June 2025

Miniature workshops and interactive lectures

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.

Total Real. The discovery of visualisation

23. March 2024 - 02. February 2025

How do we perceive the world to understand it?

  

Events

Today, Wednesday, 05/21/2025

Cultural aperitif

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

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12:30 pmGuided Tour

Visit of the Reading Fairy

On Site and online

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4:00 pmChildren's ProgramHouse 1 - Historic Orphanage

BookKidsWorkshop

For Story Twisters

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4:00 pmChildren's ProgramHouse 1 - Historic Orphanage
Thursday, 05/22/2025

The visit of the Prussian king

Theatrical tour through the historic orphanage

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6:00 pmGuided TourHouse 28

Media Workshop

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4:00 pmWorkshopHouse 1 - Historic Orphanage

Language Learners Group on Thursday

Open offer of language and learning promotion

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5:00 pmAn Open OfferHouse 33
Friday, 05/23/2025

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

Exhibitions

»wood, waves and energy«

Photography exhibition by Jörg Gläscher

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22. March - 25. May 2025House 1 - Historic Orphanage

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