The project archive presents the range of cultural promotion.
The projects and the numerous project managers are a reflection of changes, trends and developments in the cultural landscape of Westphalia-Lippe over the past 20 years.
Funding projects from previous years
First Round of Funding in 2026
Second funding round 2025
First funding round 2025
Second funding round 2024
Ausstellungsgesellschaft Paderborn mbH, Paderborn
Educational and supporting program for the exhibition Tatort Paderborn 2025 – Der Fluss bin ich
Filmwerkstatt Münster e.V., Münster
Event series Kino aufs Land
Förderverein WestfalenClassics e.V., Bad Sassendorf
Festival WestfalenClassics Festival 2025 – 20th anniversary edition
WestfalenClassics
Freunde der Realität, Verein zur Förderung des Dokumentarfilms für Kinder und Jugendliche e.V., Bochum
Documentary film festival for real : for real // DOXS RUHR 2025
Friends and supporters of the cultural centers Burg Vischering and Kolvenburg e.V., Coesfeld
Social media series The correct servant
HMKV Hartware MedienKunstVerein e.V., Dortmund
Special exhibition Holding Pattern – Warteschleifen und andere
Loops
Institute for Comparative Urban History, Münster
Mediation project: Private letters from the Thirty Years’ War.
Digital indexing and mediation of aristocratic lifeworlds in Westphalia
Ahlen Art Museum, Ahlen
Special exhibition Sweet home. German-Turkish life in art
Landesverband Lippe, Lemgo
Special exhibition Think:Paint! 150 years of the Hermann Monument
LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold, Detmold
Special exhibition Essen gut, alles gut!
LWL Media Center for Westphalia, Münster
Digitalprojekt #westfalen – Ein multimediales Online-Angebot 2.0
LWL Museums of Industrial Heritage, Dortmund
Network project Planning and development Federal Association of Industrial Heritage
LWL Museum of Natural History, Münster
Special exhibition Westphalian House of Cards
LWL Museum of Natural History, Münster
Special exhibition SOUNDS – The World Sounds
LWL-Museum Zeche Zollern, Dortmund
Special exhibition Loved, hated and mocked – on the cult and cultural history of the garden gnome
Physical Theatre Netzwerk e.V., Essen
Theaterperformance Hinterlassenschaften – A House Full Of Stuff
Sauerland Museum of the Hochsauerland District, Arnsberg
Special exhibition Industrialization in South Westphalia. Economy
and work between mountain and valley
Dalheim Monastery Foundation. LWL Museum of Monastic Culture, Lichtenau
Special exhibition The power of rules! Between
Freedom and control
Verein zur Förderung freier Theaterarbeit e.V. / Theater im Depot, Dortmund
Theaterfestival Beyond Gravity Festival 2025
First funding round 2024
Annette von Droste zu Hülshoff Foundation, Havixbeck
Literature project Judenbuche and beyond
Die Linse e.V., Münster
Filmreihe Drehbuch Geschichte: Filmwelt Westfalen – Geschichten einer Region
Weberei Bürgerkiez gGmbH, Gütersloh
Event series Westphalia worldwide – 1250 years on tour
Fiktiver Alltag e.V., Münster
Literature project The Night of the Dead Poets
Förderkreis für Kultur, Geschichte und Natur im Sintfeld e.V., Bad Wünnenberg
Event series 700 years of Vorstenburg!
Friends and supporters of the cultural centers Burg Vischering and Kolvenburg e.V., Coesfeld
Film project The Baroness
Fritz Hüser Institute for Literature and Culture in the World of Work, Dortmund
Literature project Old Work & New Nature. The Hansa coking plant as a place of transformation. A project by “aufbrüche – literaturfestival [lila we:] 2025”
Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde der Abtei Marienmünster e.V., Marienmünster
Event series Monasteries shape Westphalia – Past and present
Huxarium Gartenpark Höxter gGmbH
Exhibition Battle of Brunsberg – The dawn of a new era
Kaspershof gUG, Bad Salzuflen
Literature project Poetica Westfalia! A project by “aufbrüche – literaturfestival [lila we:] 2025”
Kulturscheune 1A, Bad Wünnenberg
Kabarett Ostwestfalen-Revue
Kunstverein Arnsberg e.V., Arnsberg
Versumpfung art project
Kulturgut Haus Nottbeck GmbH, Museum of Westphalian Literature, Oelde
Landstriche literature project – a Westphalian poetry trail
Kulturverein Westfalen e.V., Holzwickede
Music & ArtWorlds 1250 Jahre Westfalen event series
Literaturbüro OWL in Detmold e.V., Detmold
Literaturprojekt Ein westfälischer Bubble-Wort-Parcour. Literary-sporty camp for children. A project by “aufbrüche – literaturfestival [lila we:] 2025”
LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History, Münster
Podcast Untold Stories: Telling Westphalia’s Hidden History(ies)
LWL Cultural Department, Münster
LWL Cultural Scholarships2025 – new impulses from the independent scene for Westphalia-Lippe
LWL Culture Department, Münster
Podcast Genau! Westphalia!
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster
Special exhibition Otto Mueller
Human: Theater! – unterwegs e.V., Kappelrodeck/Tanztheater bodytalk, Münster
Tanztheater WESTFALEN SIDE STORY
Museum Abtei Liesborn des Kreises Warendorf, Wadersloh
Exhibition The Invention of Westphalia – Bernhard Witte’s “Historia Westphaliae”
Relígio – Westphalian Museum of Religious Culture, Telgte
Exhibition Unbelievable. Encounters with the saint
Reset e.V., Münster
Event series Baddabäm! Show for parapolitical evening entertainment – Grand Tour Westfalen
save space e.V., Cologne
Exhibition New Westphalia: Stories, cultures and aesthetics of the Sinte*zze and Rom*nja in Westphalia-Lippe
Schnibbelbohne e.V., Steinfurt
Culinary project Habitat – das, was im Topf hockt – Westfalen neu gedacht und entdeckt
City of Haltern am See, City Agency Department, Haltern am See
Event series Blind Spots – A series of events in memory of the former displaced persons in Westphalia-Lippe
Verein Gerbereimuseum Enger e.V., Enger
Literature project ‘Zeitgrenzen aufbrechen’ – literature in dialog with literature. A project by “aufbrüche – literaturfestival [lila we:] 2025”
Verein für jüdische Geschichte und Religion e.V., Dorsten
Exhibition Rafft euch empor! Jewish activists from Westphalia in the first women’s movement
Vorlesebande e. V., Paderborn
Literature project Westphalian Poetry Slam – 5 states slam Westphalia. A project by “aufbrüche – literaturfestival [lila we:] 2025”
Westfalen e.V., Hamm
Event series Westphalian name day – 1,250 years: Westphalia celebrates its birthday – we celebrate name day
Second funding round 2023
AGORA – Gesellschaft für Literatur, Kunst und Kultur e.V., Bad Oeynhausen
Performance Geh zur Ruh’ – Eine Performance in 6 Anwendungen
DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst; Hörstel
Exhibition and event project be pART – 20 years of DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
Förderverein des Widukind Museum Enger e.V., Enger
Widukind-Opera music theater project
Förderer der Wald und Wiesen Kultur e.V., Münster
Music project Jazz Jumelage – Westphalian Resonances
Geographical Commission for Westphalia, Münster
Research project The future of villages in Westphalia-Lippe. The importance of infrastructure, voluntary commitment and support programs
District town of Unna, Department of Culture
Literature project WORT.ORT.MORD. Crime in Westphalia. Co-project of Mord am Hellweg XI
LWL-Denkmalpflege, Landschafts- und Baukultur in Westfalen, Münster
Publication Weltkulturerbe Klosterkirche Corvey – Baugeschichte: Präsentation der neuen Forschungsergebnisse
LWL Media Center for Westphalia, Münster
Animated film Once upon a time in Westphalia
LWL Museum of Natural History. Westphalian State Museum with Planetarium, Münster
Palaeontological State Exhibition 2025/2026 Survival. Between dinosaurs and scaly trees
LWL-Museum in der Kaiserpfalz, Paderborn
Exhibition 775 – Westphalia
Marta Herford gGmbH, Herford
Exhibition Between Pixel and Pigment. Hybrid painting in post-digital times
Sauerland Museum of the Hochsauerland District, Arnsberg
Exhibition Democratic Cultures in the Sauerland 1925-1975-2025
Dalheim Monastery Foundation, LWL Museum of Monastery Culture, Lichtenau-Dalheim
Festival Summer Nightsongs 2025
Münsterland Art and Culture Foundation, Greven
Event series Signpost change – 50 years of regional reform
Theaterlabor Bielefeld e.V., Bielefeld
Series of events Refugien in OWL – Vom Wurzeln und Blühen
Verein zur Förderung von Schauspiel, Sprache und Literatur e.V. (i.G.), Münster
Reading series Kein Reben-, sondern ein Reckenland… Westfalenbilder in der Literatur
First funding round 2023
Annette von Droste zu Hülshoff Foundation, Hülshoff Castle – Center for Literature, Havixbeck
Literature Project: Nature + Networks
Bagno-Kulturkreis Steinfurt e. V., Steinfurt
” JUBILATE!” Event Series: 250 Years of the Bagno Concert Gallery
Baukunstarchiv NRW gGmbH, Dortmund
Exhibition: The Architect Werner Ruhnau (1922–2015) in Westphalia
Eine Welt Netz NRW e.V., Münster
Event Series: Overcoming Colonial Continuities
Evangelical Church District of Münster, Münster
Event Series : BACH INSPIRES. Bach Festival 2024 Münster
Protestant Church District of Soest-Arnsberg, Soest
Music Project : Youth Oratorios “Mary—One of a Kind“
Hagen Distance Learning University, Hagen
Research and Outreach Project : (Post)colonial Connections on the Ground—Historical Materials from Westphalia-Lippe for Cultural and Educational Work
Flurstücke e.V., Münster
FLURSTÜCKE 024 Festival —International Festival for Theater, Dance, Film, and Performance
GrünBau gGmbH, Dortmund
Event series: “How to Decolonize Heimat”
Hagenring e.V., Hagen
Event Series: 100 Years of HAGENRING
jetztzeit e.V., Bielefeld
Event Series : Decolonize Ostwestfalen-Lippe—Taking Action Against the Aftereffects of Colonial Rule. A Digital Map Project in OWL
Kabakoo – Häuser des Staunens e.V., Paderborn
Event Series : Highdigenous Live! Wonder as a Means to Overcome Colonialism
Kinderkulturwerkstatt Musifratz e.V., Münster
Theater series “LieferKetten BefreiungsTheaters” (LKBT) “Nothing to lose but the fairy lights of this world”
Lippe District Municipal Integration Center, Detmold
2024 Event Series – Critiques of Colonialism in Lippe
Kreativ-Haus Münster e.V., Münster
Dance performance and event series “Parkour of Remembrance”
Labor für sensorische Annehmlichkeiten e.V., Dortmund
Performance and Exhibition : Folklore That Never Was!
LWL Open-Air Museum Hagen
Event Series and Exhibition: Colonial and Postcolonial Interconnections of Craft and Trade Enterprises in Westphalia-Lippe
LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History, Münster
Event Series : (Post-)Colonial on the Ground: Regional Perspectives on a Problematic History of the Present
LWL Cultural Department in cooperation with the LWL-Kulturstiftung, Münster
Podcast #Postcolonialism – A multi-part podcast special
LWL Museum of Archaeology, Herne
Exhibition : “Meal” – Food and Drink
LWL Museum Zeche Nachtigall, Witten
Exhibition: Postcolonial Raw Materials
Physical Theater Netzwerk e.V., in co-production with notsopretty Performance Collective, Essen
Musical GEMUSICAL
pottporus e.V., Herne
Residency Program and Performance “aware!”
Association for the History and Archaeology of Westphalia, Paderborn
Event Series and Exhibition: 200 Years of the Association for the History and Archaeology of Westphalia
Association for the Promotion of Baroque Music in Westphalia, Münster
Concert Series: Noble Weddings in Westphalia
Association for the Promotion of Documentary Film Culture, e.V., Cologne
LETsDOK Documentary Film Festival in East Westphalia-Lippe
Westfälischer Heimatbund e. V., Münster
Research Project : The Westfälischer Heimatbund in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Shaping a Sense of Home Amid Social Change Between 1915 and 2025
University of Münster, Cluster of Excellence on Religion and Politics, Münster
Research Project: “Mapping the Object” – Objects from Colonial Contexts in Museums in Westphalia-Lippe
Yes Africa e.V., Hamm
Traveling Exhibition: A Holistic Postcolonial View of Africa for the German Public
Second funding round 2022
Annette von Droste zu Hülshoff Foundation, Burg Hülshoff – Center for Literature, Havixbeck
“Shadows of the Shadow” event series
Bemposta e.V., Unna
Event Series: “Jupp’s Got to Go!” Or, The Emscherland Transformation. A farce with music
Coordination Office for Provenance Research in North Rhine-Westphalia, LVR, Bonn
Project: Pilot Application for Image-Based Search for Provenance Research
Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Gütersloh, Gütersloh
OWL live Internet platform
Herten City Cultural Office, Herten
Art Project EAT ART – Buffets at the Water Castle
Kunstforum Hermann Stenner gGmbH, Bielefeld
Special Exhibition : All Paths Are Open. Women Photographers on the Road
LWL Media Center for Westphalia, Münster
Audio Feature: Westfalia – Traces of Colonialism in Westphalia
LWL Museum of Archaeology, Herne
Special Exhibition: Archaeology of Modernity
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster
Special Exhibition : Nudes. Radically Naked
LWL Museum of Natural History, Westphalian State Museum with Planetarium, Münster
Special Exhibition : Genes—A Journey Through the Genome
LWL Textile Museum, Westphalian State Museum of Industrial Culture, Bocholt
Special Exhibition : The Beauty Industry—The Production of an Ideal
City of Werther, Werther
Project: Video sequences for Mia Weinberg’s installation “fractured legacy”
Dalheim Abbey Foundation. LWL State Museum of Monastic Culture, Lichtenau
Special Exhibition : “And Forgive Us Our Debts?” Churches and Monasteries Under National Socialism
University of Siegen, Siegen
Art and Networking Project “Wanderspace”
Via Nova Kunstfest Corvey gGmbh, Höxter
Event Series: A Lily Among Thistles. Via Nova Kunstfest Corvey 2023
First funding round 2022
Landesmusikrat NRW e.V., Düsseldorf
Network Project ” create music NRW“
City of Schmallenberg
Exhibition and Networking Project: The Bread Tree Regime
City of Warstein in cooperation with the LWL Museum Office for Westphalia, Münster
Psychiatry project “Dinge ver-rücken.” Educational and communication platform on the history and present state of psychiatry in Westphalia
Deutscher Kulturrat e.V., Berlin, in cooperation with the LWL Cultural Department, Münster
Cultural Conference “Zukunft(s)Land”—Structures, Impulses, and Alliances for a Strong Culture in Rural Areas
open systems e.V., Essen
Festival Blaues Rauschen
HMKV Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund
Special Exhibition by Jana Kerima Stolzer and Lex Rütten: “We grow, grow and grow, we’re gonna be alright and this is our show”
Center for Low German, University of Münster, Münster
PlattinO-M. Plattlern App Münsterland
Welthaus Bielefeld e.V., Bielefeld
World Music Concert Series
Heimatverein Gütersloh e.V., Gütersloh, in cooperation with LWL Press and Public Relations
Digitization Project “Kultur-Kit”: Modular Toolkit for Westphalian Cultural Institutions
Kulturkreis Höxter-Corvey gGmbH, Höxter
Concert Series: The 2023 Corvey Summer Concerts Present the Stars of Tomorrow
LWL Industrial Museum Henrichenburg Ship Lift
Special exhibition Container. The global box
LWL Museum of Natural History with Planetarium, Münster
Special Exhibition: The Climate
Second funding round 2021
Alles Kunst e.V., Paderborn
Film Project “Islands of Happiness” – Landscapes and People in East Westphalia
Bruchwerk Theater gUG, Siegen
Theater Project Julia & Romeo
Filmwerkstatt Münster e.V., Münster
Film Project HUMAN/NATURE
GWK-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit e.V., Münster
Summerwinds Münsterland 2022. International Woodwind Festival
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Exhibition : “Beyond Photography and Architecture: Thomas Ruff and James Welling”
LWL Media Center for Westphalia, Münster
#westphalia – a multimedia online resource for education and culture
LWL Prussian Museum Minden, Minden
Exhibition : Prussia at Sea. On Rocking Planks
Liesborn Abbey Museum of the Warendorf District, Wadersloh
Exhibition : ” We Are Rincklake” – Portrait Painting in the Age of the Selfie
WESTFALEN BAUEN KULTUR e.V., Münster
” Westfalen baut Kultur” Network Project
First funding round 2021
Filmwerkstatt Münster e.V., Münster
*The Young Lady and the Ghost Seer* —a historical short film
Friends of the Sauerland Museum Arnsberg of the Hochsauerland District, e.V., Arnsberg
Special Exhibition: The Witch Hunts in the Duchy of Westphalia
Josef Albers Museum. Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop
Exhibition : Josef Albers. A Tribute to the Square
District of Coesfeld, Dept. 40 School, Education and Culture, Coesfeld
We celebrate! 750 years of Vischering Castle
Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst e.V., Detmold
Special Exhibition: Johanna K. Becker
LWL Literature Commission for Westphalia, Münster
outside / inside / outside. An intermedia project on the topic of literature and psychiatry
Peter-August-Böckstiegel Foundation, Werther, Werther
Special Exhibition : Westphalian Paths to Modernism—The Artist Groups “Rote Erde” and “Der Wurf”
Via Nova Corvey gGmbH, Höxter
Via Nova Corvey Art Festival 2022 State of Mystery: Consolations
Westfälischer Heimatbund e.V., Münster
Research Project : Museums in Westphalia Today – Current Situation and Assessment
Due to a funding moratorium, it was not possible to submit applications between 2015 and 2018. Since the resumption of the application rounds, the LWL-Kulturstiftung has seen a steady increase in the number of applications.
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