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  1. Renewed funding from Berliner Sparkasse secures programmes for children and young people from Ukraine until summer 2026 (05.06.2025)

    Welcome! Museum club for children and young people from Ukraine at Haus Bastian receives follow-up funding of 50,000 euros from Berliner Sparkasse - continuation of successful work possible until summer 2026 - offer to be expanded to include free workshops for adults and families from refugee accomm

  2. Berlin's most beautiful summer venue: the Kolonnaden Bar on Museum Island reopens (04.06.2025)

    SPK, the Berlin Vagabund Brewery and visitBerlin start the new season together - with over 50 free events and the island beer "Wissensdurst" - Kolonnaden-Bar opens between 5 June and 31 August 2025 Wednesdays to Sundays from 12 noon or 2 pm to 10 pm. The new Kolonnaden Bar on the southern bank of th

  3. Save the Date: Day in the Green at the Kulturforum Berlin (29.07.2025)

    On 14 September 2025, the Kulturforum Berlin will once again be transformed into a large event space - both indoors and outdoors. For the fourth time, the cultural and scientific institutions based there, as well as the church, are inviting the public to a festival for young and old, this year under

  4. Change of office at the head of the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities: Martin Maischberger succeeds Andreas Scholl (04.07.2025)

    At the end of 2025, the Director of the Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Prof Dr Andreas Scholl, will retire after more than twenty years in office. He will be succeeded by his current deputy, Dr Martin Maischberger. This was decided unanimously by the SPK Foun

  5. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation moderately raises admission prices at the Kulturforum and the Alte Nationalgalerie (29.08.2025)

    At the turn of the year, admission to Friedrichswerder Church will also be subject to a charge - New entrance situations Kulturforum: From 1 October 2025, the price of the Kulturforum ticket, valid for all exhibitions and museums at the site, i.e. the Picture Gallery, Art Library, Museum of Decorati

  6. Until 14 September: Season of the Kolonnaden Bar on Museum Island is extended (28.08.2025)

    Due to its great success and the good weather, SPK, the Berlin Vagabund brewery and visitBerlin want to run Berlin's most beautiful summer venue for a fortnight longer - Kolonnaden-Bar opens every Wednesday to Sunday from 2pm and 4pm to 10pm The Colonnade Bar is the summer hit par excellence! Due to

  7. Verena Lepper from the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection becomes the new director of the Getty Villa in Los Angeles (27.08.2025)

    Prof Dr Verena Lepper, currently curator at the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, is leaving Berlin for California. The 52-year-old Egyptologist and orientalist will head the Getty Villa in Los Angeles in future. The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades is one of the two locations of the J. Paul G

  8. Love is everything - the SPK gives its all and participates with 17 museums in the Long Night of Museums on 30 August - Ackermann: The public can look forward to many attractions (28.08.2025)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is taking part in the 43rd Long Night of Museums with 17 museums, which starts on 30 August under the motto "Love in Berlin". This year's focus will be on the Museum Island, which is celebrating its 200th anniversary. All the buildings on the "island" are op

  9. A day in the countryside - summer festival at the Kulturforum Berlin (02.09.2025)

    On 14 September 2025, the Kulturforum Berlin will once again be transformed into a large event space - both indoors and outdoors. For the fourth time, the cultural and scientific institutions and the church located there are inviting everyone to a summer festival, which this year will be a symbol of

  10. Homebase in the James-Simon-Galerie: Museum Island gets a place of information for its anniversary - opening on 9 September with the "Insel erzählen" project (01.09.2025)

    Actress Meike Droste meets the former head curator of the cuneiform collection at the Museum of the Ancient Near East, Joachim Marzahn To mark its 200th birthday, Berlin's Museum Island is being given a "home base", which will be located in the basement of the James-Simon-Galerie. Visitors can come