diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/migrations/0001_announcement.py b/src/c3nav/site/migrations/0001_announcement.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.7 on 2017-12-07 22:51
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import c3nav.mapdata.fields
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Announcement',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('created', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name='created')),
+                ('active_until', models.DateTimeField(null=True, verbose_name='active until')),
+                ('active', models.BooleanField(default=True, verbose_name='active')),
+                ('message', c3nav.mapdata.fields.I18nField(verbose_name='Message')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'verbose_name': 'Announcement',
+                'verbose_name_plural': 'Announcements',
+                'get_latest_by': 'created',
+                'default_related_name': 'announcements',
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/migrations/__init__.py b/src/c3nav/site/migrations/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/models.py b/src/c3nav/site/models.py
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+++ b/src/c3nav/site/models.py
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+from django.db import models
+from django.db.models import Q
+from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from c3nav.mapdata.fields import I18nField
+
+
+class Announcement(models.Model):
+    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name=_('created'))
+    active_until = models.DateTimeField(null=True, verbose_name=_('active until'))
+    active = models.BooleanField(default=True, verbose_name=_('active'))
+    message = I18nField(_('Message'))
+
+    class Meta:
+        verbose_name = _('Announcement')
+        verbose_name_plural = _('Announcements')
+        default_related_name = 'announcements'
+        get_latest_by = 'created'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_current(cls):
+        try:
+            return cls.objects.filter(Q(active=True) & (Q(active_until__isnull=True) |
+                                                        Q(active_until__isnull=timezone.now()))).latest()
+        except cls.DoesNotExist:
+            return None