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  1. Berlin and Dresden libraries return books confiscated due to Nazi persecution to heirs (27.09.2018)

    Joint return of three books from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) to the heirs of Hedwig Hesse Both the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz and the SLUB Dresden recently found copies with the book

  2. 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

  3. Descendants of Mangi Molelia in Berlin (19.02.2026)

    On 2 March 1900, German colonial troops publicly executed 19 leading figures from the local communities in Old Moshi in the Kilimanjaro region. The event has left a deep mark on the area to this day. One of those murdered was Mangi Molelia, the young leader of Kibosho; his brother and another relati

  4. Museums from Africa and Europe break new ground: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Humboldt Forum support international conference in Dakar (28.04.2023)

    Museum directors from 38 African and European countries agree to establish a network, an ongoing discussion on the role of museums and cultural heritage and joint travelling exhibitions - Parzinger: "It's about a new relationship At a conference initiated and supported by the SPK, the Ethnological M

  5. Opportunity or burden? Reform of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (06.12.2023)

    Dossier on the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published by Politik & Kultur What does the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation do? And above all, what makes it special? Who and what belongs to it? Who wants to have a say in its future organisation? What is its history? Is the necessary trans

  6. The "Karlsruhe Sketchbook" by Caspar David Friedrich remains in Germany (12.07.2024)

    Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz succeed in joint acquisition - thanks to Kulturstiftung der Länder and Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung The "Karlsruhe Sketchbook" by Caspar David Friedrich is staying in Germany! The Klassik Stiftung We

  7. "Das Reichskammergericht im Spiegel seiner Prozessakten - Bilanz und Perspektiven der Forschung", a conference organised by the German Research Foundation at the Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage (08.04.2008)

    From 10 to 13 April 2008, a conference on the Imperial Chamber Court will take place at the Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin-Dahlem, attended by 40 lawyers, historians and archivists from Germany and abroad (Austria, Belgium, Netherlands). By organising this event, the G

  8. On the death of Heinz Berggruen (26.02.2007)

    Heinz Berggruen has said goodbye. On the evening of 23 February, he passed away peacefully in Paris at the age of 93 - heart failure. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the National Museums in Berlin received the news of his death with dismay and great sadness. The Museum Berggruen, with

  9. Berlin State Library opens exhibition to mark 350th anniversary (03.03.2011)

    To mark its 350th anniversary, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is opening the special exhibition "A library makes history. 350 years of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin". For ten weeks, it will be presenting top items from its collections at nine stations. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian C

  10. Yearbook of Prussian Cultural Heritage 2014 published (26.01.2016)

    The 50th volume of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook has just been published, looking back on the year 2014. Internal and external authors address topics that concern the Foundation in numerous articles. In 2014, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie underwent a multi-year refurbishm