Current Exhibitions
Special Exhibitions
Total Real. The discovery of visualisation
Annual exhibition 2024
How do we perceive the world to understand it?
Archivophilia. Beautiful things from the archive of the Francke Foundations
Cabinet exhibition
21st November 2024 to 27th April 2025
Past Exhibitions
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
In the quarry of time. Earth histories and the beginnings of geology
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
Heilen an Leib und Seele. Medizin und Hygiene im 18. Jahrhundert
Jahresausstellung 2021
Austellung zur Medizin des Halleschen Pietismus, die im 18. Jahrhundert weitgreifend einflussreich war. Detail visit the online exhibition
»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
Controversy. People, media, mechanisms in the 18th century and today
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? 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
On the beauty of literature
Cabinet exhibition
April 26 to November 3, 2024 Detail visit the online exhibition
