Current Exhibitions
Special Exhibitions
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.
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.
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?
Past Exhibitions
»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
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
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
»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
