Calendar of the Francke Foundations

Coffee Lectures at the Study Centre: Interesting facts during the coffee break

The August Hermann Francke Study Centre invites you regularly to a coffee break with information content. On the last Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m., colleagues from the Study Centre and the Research Centre will give short, entertaining talks of about 15 minutes, providing insights into the various areas and services offered by the Science Department of the Francke Foundations: From literature research, information on the collections in the archive and library, questions about the Old Book to interesting facts about current projects.

Interested users of the reading room, students, colleagues from the departments of the Francke Foundations and their partner institutions on the Foundation grounds are invited to attend.

The event will be held in German.

Tuesday, 02/25/2025

Historical building plans in the digital collections of the Study Centre (A. Steubler)

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Cafeteria
Tuesday, 03/25/2025

Acquisition in the library of the Francke Foundations (M. Hübner)

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Cafeteria
Tuesday, 04/29/2025

Blaue Sarge, graues Tuch, grünes Frieß, braunes Zeug. Die Farben der Waisenkinder

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Neubauer Hall
Tuesday, 06/24/2025

Social work at the Francke Foundations

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Neubauer Hall

Highlights

Fakten oder Fake News?

30. October 2025

Der Freylinghausen-Saal mit Besucher:innen der Unterhausdebatte von oben

Unterhausdebatte über Medien, Misinformation und Meinungsfreiheit mit Publikum und Expert:innen

Familienstunde im Museum

02. November 2025

Ein Junge stützt sich auf eine Vitrine in der barocken Wunderkammer und ist begeistert von dem, was er sieht.

Imaginaries of Race. Johann Friedrich Blumenbachs Transformation von Weltwissen

04. November 2025

Ansicht des Veranstaltungsraums Neubauer-Saal

Wissenschaftshistorisches Seminar in Kooperation mit der Leopoldina. Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Kim Siebenhüner (Jena)

Weltblicke

05. November 2025

Eine Museumswerkstatt für Geschichten, Objekte und Perspektiven

Wissensdurst: Limo + Lauschen + Loslegen

13. November 2025

Ein volles, ein halbvolles und ein fast leeres Glas aus Legosteinen
© Barbara Werner / Vermittlung Franckesche Stiftungen

Miniaturworkshops und interaktive Vorträge

Kultur-Aperitif

19. November 2025

Kurze, pointierte und unterhaltsame Führung zur Mittagszeit mit geselligem Ausklang

Der Besuch des preußischen Königs

20. November 2025

Two actors perform the dialogue between Francke and King Frederick William I on the stairs of the Historic Orphanage during his visit in 1713.

Theatraler Rundgang durch das Historische Waisenhaus

  

Events

Coffee Lectures at the Study Centre: Interesting facts during the coffee break

The August Hermann Francke Study Centre invites you regularly to a coffee break with information content. On the last Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m., colleagues from the Study Centre and the Research Centre will give short, entertaining talks of about 15 minutes, providing insights into the various areas and services offered by the Science Department of the Francke Foundations: From literature research, information on the collections in the archive and library, questions about the Old Book to interesting facts about current projects.

Interested users of the reading room, students, colleagues from the departments of the Francke Foundations and their partner institutions on the Foundation grounds are invited to attend.

The event will be held in German.

Tuesday, 02/25/2025

Historical building plans in the digital collections of the Study Centre (A. Steubler)

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Cafeteria
Tuesday, 03/25/2025

Acquisition in the library of the Francke Foundations (M. Hübner)

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Cafeteria
Tuesday, 04/29/2025

Blaue Sarge, graues Tuch, grünes Frieß, braunes Zeug. Die Farben der Waisenkinder

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Neubauer Hall
Tuesday, 06/24/2025

Social work at the Francke Foundations

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Neubauer Hall

Exhibitions

300 Jahre Neugier. Verborgenes Wissen aus der Wunderkammer

Jahresausstellung 2025

Detail
11. May 2025 - 06. April 2026Haus 1 - Historisches Waisenhaus

Die Handbibliothek der Kunst- und Naturalienkammer

Kabinettausstellung

Detail
10. September 2025 - 06. April 2026House 22-24

Global Perspectives

A Museum Lab for Stories, Objects, and Insights

Detail
27. September 2025 - 01. February 2026Haus 1 - Historisches Waisenhaus

Francke in Transition

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

Detail
11. September 2022Haus 28

Historisches Waisenhaus

Ein Schloss für die Bildung

Detail
Haus 1 - Historisches Waisenhaus

Kunst- und Naturalienkammer

3000 Wunder der Welt

Detail
Haus 1 - Historisches Waisenhaus

Kulissenbibliothek

»Eine der besten Bibliotheken der Zeit«

Detail
Haus 22

Pietismus-Kabinett

Kraft des Wortes

Detail
Haus 1 - Historisches Waisenhaus

Rundgang durch das Kulturdenkmal

300 Jahre Bildung in einer einzigartigen Architekturlandschaft

Detail

Waisenhaus-Kabinett

Weltveränderung durch Menschenveränderung

Detail
Haus 1 - Historisches Waisenhaus