Search

Search

  1. Visit the Pergamonmuseum Before It Closes in October 2023 (27.03.2023)

    Beginning October 23, 2023, the Pergamonmuseum on Berlin's Museum Island will be completely closed for basic renovation and repair as part of the Museum Island Master Plan. It will reopen in the spring of 2027. Beginning October 23, 2023, the Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum) on Berlin's Museum Islan

  2. Sanchi Gate: an Enduring Companion of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (21.04.2023)

    A symposium was held on April 20, 2023, to celebrate the installation of the East Gate of Sanchi outside the Humboldt Forum. This copy of the ancient Indian structure was created by Bamberger Natursteinwerk Graser with the assistance of two stonemasons from India. The Sanchi Gate in Berlin is a reco

  3. A Royal Visit to Museum Island (25.05.2023)

    Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh and brother of King Charles III, visited Museum Island Berlin on 22 May On May 22, a limousine pulled up next to the flight of steps in front of James-Simon-Galerie. Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh and brother of King Charles III, stepped out to shake hands with

  4. The Clamor of the Big City (15.11.2022)

    The most important Weimar-era silent films about Berlin are being shown at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum as part of its Wednesday evening film series By Kevin Hanschke Neon signs turn night into day. People stream into pleasure palaces. Elevated trains hurtle between the buildings. Traffic backs up a

  5. First Place! Award for the Neue Nationalgalerie (26.01.2022)

    The full renovation of the Neue Nationalgalerie has received First Prize in the BDA Berlin (Bund Deutscher Architekten) awards. The BDA Berlin (Federation of German Architects, Berlin) announced its decision on January 24, 2022. An interdisciplinary jury awarded First Prize to the Neue Nationalgaler

  6. The History of the Finds: Nefertiti and the Pergamon Altar (13.01.2023)

    Renowned the world over, they are the absolute highlights of the Museum Island: the bust of Nefertiti and the reconstructed Pergamon Altar. Both came to Berlin by legitimate means. Nefertiti The bust of Nefertiti was discovered in Tell-el-Amarna in 1912 during a research excavation project authorize

  7. Gipsformerei: Sustainable Building Solutions Wanted! (27.01.2022)

    A design competition has been launched for the overhaul and extension of the Gipsformerei of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The brief calls for a preliminary design that is sustainable, functional and architecturally compelling. On January 25, 2022, the Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (Fede

  8. Day of Activities at the Dahlem Research Campus (29.09.2022)

    On October 7, 2022, the public will have its first chance to visit the new Dahlem Research Campus. On the agenda are workshops, a Science Slam and behind-the-scenes tours During the next few years, the Dahlem Research Campus is being established in the museum district of Berlin-Dahlem. The Dahlem Re

  9. Close Cooperation with Colombia (16.09.2022)

    The SPK and the Colombian Embassy have begun discussions on two important masks of the Kogi indigenous people The Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) holds two masks of the indigenous Kogi people from the Sierra Nevada de Santa

  10. Generous Gift from the Marx Family (08.09.2022)

    Professor Axel Marx and family donate important Beuys works from the Erich Marx Collection to the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The family of art collector Erich Marx, who died in 2020, has donated all of the works by artist Joseph Beuys in the Marx collection to the Stiftung Preussischer Kultu