{"id":10475,"date":"2025-04-28T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/geschichte\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:26:23","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the closure of the Bauhaus in 1933, its material heritage was scattered all over the world. In 1960, the German art historian Hans Maria Wingler therefore founded the Bauhaus-Archiv with the aim of building up a collection on the subject of the Bauhaus, with the support of Walter Gropius and other former Bauhaus members. The name \u2018Bauhaus-Archiv\u2019 also represented the institution\u2019s programme \u2013 since establishing a museum, in the sense of preserving something that was closed and complete, was not initially the goal. Instead, the collection was intended to act as a reservoir of ideas for something that would exercise a continuing influence.

In 1961, the Bauhaus-Archiv received its first domicile in the Ernst Ludwig Building on Rosenh\u00f6he in Darmstadt. Even at that time, the institution organised a large number of exhibitions with accompanying catalogues. In 1968, it made a decisive contribution to the \u201950 Years of the Bauhaus\u2019 exhibition, which was widely noted internationally. The collection had in the meantime expanded so much that planning was started for a separate museum building. Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius provided the designs for the building. However, it was not Darmstadt, but rather the state of Berlin that ultimately proved willing to host the institution and provide a suitable site and financial resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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