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On 1 April 1924, the colourful bust of Queen Nefertiti was presented to a wider public for the first time in a museum setting, in a newly designed section of the permanent exhibition of the Egyptian Collection in the Neues Museum. The bust was found in Tell-el-Amarna in 1912 as part of a scientific

Parzinger: We want to react more flexibly to visitor flows in future The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will change the opening hours of the National Museums in Berlin and the Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research from 16 April 2024. SPK President Hermann Parzing

Welcome! Museum Club for children and young people from Ukraine at Haus Bastian, the centre for cultural education on Museum Island, can continue its successful work. Free project days and holiday programmes have also been added to the programme. Since 2022, the SPK has established a new format for

Annual reception at the James-Simon-Galerie - Parzinger: Outstanding visitor balance for 2023 - Attractive exhibition programme this year - Expansion of international collaborations - Reform on the home straight Over 200 guests from politics, culture, business, science and society attended the annua

The International Day of Provenance Research will take place for the sixth time on 10 April 2024. This year, the SPK institutions will once again provide insights into the work of their provenance researchers The National Museums in Berlin are offering guided tours on provenance research and the his

Centenary of the opening of the Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Dahlem - Ceremony with words of welcome from Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth and Minister President Reiner Haseloff - Online access to the cross-foundation archive portal archive.spk-berlin.de In 2024,

Despite the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the country's museums are looking to the future and are now presenting joint proposals for a comprehensive reconstruction of the country. At the Berlin conference "From Crisis to Future: New Responsibilities for Museums in Ukraine", repr

Construction clearance of the south wing in full swing - dismantling of numerous permanently installed exhibits has been completed - preparations for the relocation of the Museum of Islamic Art to the north wing The museums are currently working at full speed to clear the south wing of the Pergamonm

SPK Institute for Museum Research publishes the first population-representative study on trust in museums in Germany Museums enjoy the highest level of trust in Germany. This is the conclusion of a study by the Institute for Museum Research. According to the study, museums in particular have the pot

Exhibition as the result of a long-term, collaborative research process with cultural heritage communities, artists and academics - retransfer officially signed On 11 April 2024, a large-scale exhibition will open at the National Art Gallery of Namibia in Windhoek, focusing on 23 objects that were f