Daring new Bauhaus museum challenges far right The Bauhaus design school, which transformed the way people around the world live, work and dream of the future, marks its centenary this week with the launch of a politically charged German museum. Founded on April 1, 1919, during the rocky period between the world wars and finally driven out by the Nazis, Bauhaus still has the power to inspire and divide in today's own turbulent era. IMAGES of the new Weimar Bauhaus Museum AND SOUNDBITES of the museum architect and curator