Current Exhibitions
Special Exhibitions
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.
»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.
Streit. Menschen, Medien, Mechanismen im 18. Jahrhundert und heute
Annual Exhibition 2023

There is much and extensive argument about disputes. What are the limits of what can be said - where does constructive discussion end and personal insult and disparagement begin?
Save the Date!
Schülervereine in den Franckeschen Stiftungen (1843–1936). Zusammenhalt – Konkurrenz – Wettbewerb

Quellen aus Archiv und Bibliothek machen das Vereinsleben in den Franckeschen Stiftungen anschaulich. Detail visit the online exhibition
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_file_storage/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
Naturgewalten in alten Bibeln
Kabinettausstellung in der Historischen Bibliothek

Geschichten und Illustrationen von Naturgewalten in Bibeln aus fünf Jahrhunderten. Detail visit the online exhibition
Pious Feelings. Images and Texts in Books of Pietism
Cabinet exhibition in the Historical Library

The cabinet exhibition allows an insight into the emotional forms of expression in the writings of early modern Pietism. Detail
The Wiedmann Bible
at the Canstein Bible Institute, the first Bible Institute in the world

The world's only known Bible to reproduce the complete Old and New Testaments in 3,333 consecutive images. Detail