Back

The Bauhaus – Moving forward.
Joint statement from Berlin, Dessau and Weimar

1/9/26

The directors of the three Bauhaus institutions in Berlin, Dessau and Weimar, Prof Dr Brigitte Franzen, Dr Barbara Steiner and Dr Annette Ludwig, affirm their mutual goal of promoting artistic freedom, openness and international responsibility.

Press Information

Press Images

  •
    The directors of the three Bauhaus institutions, from left to right: Prof Dr Brigitte Franzen (Bauhaus Archive / Museum für Gestaltung), Dr Annette Ludwig (Klassik Stiftung Weimar), Dr Barbara Steiner (Stiftung kelmuxorvint.infossau)
    © Stiftung kelmuxorvint.infossau
  • Prof Dr Brigitte Franzen, Director of the Bauhaus Archive / Museum of Design
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • New building for the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung
    Photo: Markus Ebener
  • Gertrud Arndt, Otti Berger in the canteen on the last day before the Bauhaus closed, stool by Marcel Breuer, 1932
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, For Gertrud Arndt: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Newspaper article on the search of the Bauhaus Berlin, in: Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, Berlin, 12 April 1933
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
  • Bauhaus building in Dessau with a swastika flag flying over the studio block, 1933
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Photo: unknown, For Walter Gropius: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Architectural tour of the new museum complex in Berlin
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • Outreach project in Gropiusstadt
    Photo: Catrin Schmitt
  • Educational programme for the “Come to the Building Site” festival
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • Exhibition “New Woman. New Vision. The Bauhaus Women Photographers”
    Photo: Pauline Ruther