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  1. New Yearbook of Prussian Cultural Heritage published (16.05.2014)

    The recently published, comprehensive 48th volume of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook looks back on 2012, the year in which both the new General Reading Room of the State Library in the Unter den Linden building and the Archaeological Centre were completed. Also documented are the openings of

  2. Islam debate, Russia, constitutional complaint: Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook 2015 published (31.01.2017)

    In the 51st volume of the yearbook, you can find out, among other things, how museums are challenged by the current debate about immigration and isolation - but also that a red ICE would sound louder than a green one, that we look at our mobile phones an average of 88 times a day, that Goethe alread

  3. SPK Foundation Board on dealing with the Benin bronzes (24.03.2021)

    Strategy for joint action of ethnological museums to be developed - return of objects is an option At its meeting on March 24, 2021, the Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considered, among other matters, the treatment of objects with colonial con

  4. Annual press conference 2014 (17.02.2014)

    Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presented its plans for the coming year. The president and the directors of the five institutions presented new projects and announced outstanding exhibitions and events in 2014. As every year, the annual press conference focussed on the Foundation's

  5. Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vol. 51 / 2015

    Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vol. 51 / 2015 Among the topics covered in the 51st issue are the challenges posed to museums by the current debate on immigration and closed borders, the Foundation's contribution to protecting cultural heritage, and the way ahead for the German-Russian Museum di

  6. Annual press conference 2012 (07.02.2012)

    On 7 February 2012, 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 review of 2011 was give

  7. Annual press conference 2016 (26.01.2016)

    Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presented its plans for the coming year. The president and the directors of the five institutions presented new projects and announced outstanding exhibitions and events in 2016. As every year, the annual press conference focussed on the Foundation's

  8. Haus Bastian on Berlin's Museum Island is being officially handed over to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today. From the summer, forward-looking educational concepts of the National Museums in Berlin will be developed and trialled there. (12.03.2019)

    During the ceremonial handover of the keys, Foundation President Hermann Parzinger and Director General Michael Eissenhauer thanked Céline, Heiner and Aeneas Bastian for their extraordinarily generous gift. The building on Kupfergraben, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, has been dedicated t

  9. Third issue of the SPK magazine shows the "SPK in motion" (04.07.2011)

    The SPK magazine was published for the third time at the beginning of July 2011. After focussing on "Discover" and "Future", the current issue focuses on "Movement". Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, emphasises: "There is a lot going on at the Prussian Cultur

  10. Humboldt Lab Tanzania - Shared object histories (03.07.2018)

    The "Humboldt Lab Tanzania" project and the closely related provenance research project "Tanzania-Germany: Shared Object Histories?" have been running at the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin since 2016. The museum worked together with actors from Tanzania on object histories of