2018
Foundation of the working group "Museums in the Protestant Area" with 5 founding members.
2019
Enlargement by 4 members. Decision on rules of procedure and election of spokespersons.
The then 9 members and their position on the map:
- Museum Kirche in Franken, Bad Windsheim
- Löhe-Zeit-Museum Neuendettelsau, Neuendettelsau
- Ausstellung "einBlick" Mission EineWelt Neuendettelsau, Neuendettelsau
- Diakoniemuseum Rummelsberg, Schwarzenbruck
- Klostermuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim
- Museum Lutherstiege - St. Anna, Augsburg
- Lernort Sozialdorf Herzogsägmühle, Peiting-Herzogsägmühle
- Evangelisches Museum Oberösterreich, Rutzenmoos
- Museum im Haus Bethanien (Diakoniewerk), Gallneukirchen
2020
Five museums from the WG together with "bildung evangelisch in Europa e. V." decide on a larger joint project in 2023 under the "umbrella theme" of
"Evangelische Migrationsgeschichte(n)" - Protestant migration story/stories
until June 2021
Six other Protestant museums from five European countries/USA join in
Central principles:
- Independent organisation of exhibitions in the respective institutions in 2023 institutions in 2023
- Maximum possible cooperation in research, advertising, funding issues
- Joint appearance at the 2023 Kirchentag & further networking meetings
This includes cooperation in research and advertising:
- Independent organisation of individual exhibitions (research, design, selection of objects, on-site advertising, accompanying programme).
- Scientific exchange in the case of thematic contacts (e.g. Huguenots D/F, Exiles D/A, D/Ro, Emigrants D/USA)
- Joint publication of a scientific publication
- Joint organisation of two conferences (Neuendettelsau 10/22 and Budapest 10/23)Presence of the museums and exhibition contents on their own joint website
- Joint image film