Current Exhibitions
Special Exhibitions
Total Real. The discovery of visualisation
Annual exhibition 2024
How do we perceive the world to understand it?
Francke in Transition
Join us in designing the new exhibition on the founder of the foundation!
We invite you to think along, think ahead and reflect on a new permanent exhibition in the Francke Residence.
Save the Date!
Past Exhibitions
Healing body and soul. Medicine and Hygiene in the 18th Century
Annual Exhibition of the Francke Foundations 2021
![[Translate to Englisch:] Das Kinderkrankenhaus auf dem Gelände der Stiftungen](fileadmin/_processed_/files/a/9/csm_JA21_Platzhalterbild_b8ba1b0409.jpg)
In 1721, the foundation stone for the children's hospital in Germany was laid at the Francke Foundations. The 300th anniversary of this event is the occasion for the annual... Detail visit the online exhibition
Forces of nature in old bibles
Cabinet exhibition in the Historical Library
Stories and illustrations of natural forces in book treasures from five centuries from our collections. Detail visit the online exhibition
Im Steinbruch der Zeit. Erdgeschichten und die Anfänge der Geologie
Annual Exhibition of the Francke Foundations 2020
Photos by the Canadian Edward Burtynsky, sounds by Dominik Eulberg and more than 250 rarely shown objects from unique collections invite you on an exciting journey through the... Detail
»Mancherley Nutzen und Ergetzung« – Gardens at the Francke Foundations
Cabinet exhibition in the Historical Library
Gardens play a significant role throughout the history of the Francke Foundations. Once they served as farm gardens, apothecary gardens for planting medicinal herbs, and gardens... Detail
»God have mercy on the battered Bohemians«
300 years of Bohemian Bible printing in Halle
An insight into the relations of the Halle Orphanage to the Bohemian religious minorities. Detail
Streit. Menschen, Medien, Mechanismen im 18. Jahrhundert und heute
Über das Streiten wird viel und ausgiebig gestritten. Was sind die Grenzen des Sagbaren – wo endet konstruktive Diskussion und wo beginnen persönliche Beleidigung und Herabsetzung? Detail visit the online exhibition
School Clubs in the Francke Foundations (1843-1936)
Cohesion - Competition - Contest
Sources from the archives and library illustrate the life of associations in the Francke Foundations. Detail visit the online exhibition
