Klassik Stiftung Weimar, which was created around 2003, owns more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses and parks, as well as literary and art collections that are listed under World Heritage sites, landmarks or areas that are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance.
The foundation was created on 1 January 2003 through the merger of the Stiftung Weimarer Klassik and the Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar. It owns more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses and parks, as well as literary and art collections, a number of which are World Heritage sites. Eleven of its properties are listed as part of the Classical Weimar World Heritage site and the Haus am Horn is part of the Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau World Heritage site. World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. 
