Annual press conference 2009

Press release from 01/28/2009

On 28 January 2009, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation provided information about its activities and plans for the coming year. At the annual press conference, new projects, developments and exhibitions were also presented, reports were given on building projects and a balance sheet for 2012 was drawn up.

The following spoke:

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Michael Eissenhauer, Director General of the National Museums in Berlin
Barbara Schneider-Kempf, Director General of the Berlin State Library
Jürgen Kloosterhuis, Director of the Secret State Archives PK
Barbara Göbel, Director of the Ibero-American Institute
Thomas Ertelt, Director of the State Institute for Music Research

Topics:

  • The year 2008 - the foundation under new management
  • The 2009 budget
  • Review and outlook: income, donations, third-party funding and personnel
  • The Foundation in its entirety: a cosmos or worlds of knowledge
  • The Humboldt Forum
  • Cooperation with Russian and Polish partners
  • International co-operation
  • Research as a core task
  • The Foundation's building activities
  • The National Museums in Berlin
  • The Berlin State Library
  • The Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage
  • The Ibero-American Institute
  • The State Institute for Music Research

Press Kit:

Annual Press Conference 2009: Review and Outlook (PDF, 247 KB, not barrier-free)

Annual press conference 2009: Visitor, user and collection figures in 2008 (PDF, 37 KB, not barrier-free)

Annual press conference 2009: Exhibitions and events (PDF, 81 KB, not barrier-free)

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