 After the conversion of the former Garrison School ("Garnisonsschule") the collection was moved there.The building and collection were officially opened on 20 September 1969 as the Kleist-Gedenk- und Forschungsstätte ("Kleist Memorial and Research Site").On 21 October 1995 the Kleist- Gedenk- und Forschungsstätte e.V.