The story
After the closing and expulsion of the historical Bauhaus in Dessau on September 30 1932, 44 years passed before the Bauhaus Building would be used again for its original purpose. In 1976, 50 years after its construction, the GDR's government had reconstructed the historical monument and founded a "Scientific and cultural Centre". Assembly of a Bauhaus collection of its own began and the Bauhaus stage was once again used for concerts and plays. In 1986, the GDR celebrated the reopening of the Bauhaus as a "Centre for Design", tied with eastern Germany's department of building.
After the German reunification, it was unclear what the Bauhaus would evolve into during the following years. On February 9 1994, the German Federal Government, the state of Saxony-Anhalt and the town Dessau founded the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation.
Today, the Bauhaus building in Dessau-Roßlau is part of the Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau World Heritage Site.
From 1994 to 1998, Prof. Dr. Rolf Kuhn was the executive director of the foundation. His successor, Prof. Dr. Omar Akbar, was in charge until 2009. Since March 1, 2009, the architect and publicist Prof. Philipp Oswalt heads the foundation; his deputy is Dr. Regina Bittner, who is also responsible for the foundation's academy.
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