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  1. Lehmann on the library co-operation between Berlin and Munich (18.01.2006)

    The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, whose area of responsibility includes the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, welcomes the concrete form of the cooperation agreement with the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: "This will not only improve the local service in a tar

  2. Parzinger on the corona crisis: All institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will suspend their public operations from Saturday (14 March 2020) until further notice (12.03.2020)

    The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, explains the corona crisis: "The spread of the corona virus has also had a profound impact on Berlin's cultural life. The warnings of the medical profession to ensure that social contacts are reduced to an absolute minimu

  3. Museumsstatistik 2024: leichter Anstieg der Besuchszahlen (16.12.2025)

    Die aktuelle Erhebung des Instituts für Museumsforschung zeigt stabile Besucherzahlen, eine hohe Ausstellungstätigkeit und erstmals umfassende Daten zu Zoos und Botanischen Gärten. Die Museen und Ausstellungshäuser in Deutschland verzeichneten im Jahr 2024 insgesamt 107,4 Millionen Besuche und damit

  4. The European Cultural Heritage Summit will take place in Berlin and Potsdam from 18 to 24 June 2018 (25.05.2018)

    The European Cultural Heritage Summit under the motto "Sharing Heritage - Sharing Values" is Europe's largest event in the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The Summit - supported by the European Union, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Berlin Senate Depart

  5. "Collecting - Donating - Supporting. Jewish patrons in German society" (30.11.2006)

    On 11 December 2006, starting at 10 a.m. (all day) at the Kunstgewerbemuseum - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin PK Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, 10785 Berlin Not least against the backdrop of the current debate on the restitution of artworks, it seems appropriate to further research and publicise the enor

  6. Exhibition "Faithful Amazement - Biblical Traditions in the Islamic World" (29.06.2017)

    A special exhibition of the Museum of Islamic Art of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz and the Oriental Department of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. From 14 July - 15 October 2017 at the Pergamonmuseum, Museum Island Berlin. Using outstanding manuscri

  7. Human remains from Tanzania: Confirmation of relationships to living persons for the first time (05.09.2023)

    Provenance research on human remains leads to modern-day descendants for the first time - DNA analysis proves clear relationships In a project launched in 2017, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin, together with scientists from Rwanda, analysed the provenance

  8. Parzinger: Provenance research must not end at the doors of public institutions! (02.02.2018)

    As part of a debate on developments since the adoption of the Washington Principles (principles of the Washington Conference in relation to works of art confiscated by the National Socialists) 20 years ago, the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, stated today:

  9. Statement by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation on the dpa report of 3 January 2006: Norwegian sells Munch painting from "degenerate art" (03.01.2006)

    After the book burnings of 10 May 1933, the National Socialist German state's plundering of modern art in "museums and publicly accessible collections" under the euphemistic slogan of "degenerate art" was one of the first openly celebrated acts of barbarism by this state. They were subsequently sanc

  10. Objects that tell of the famous Silk Road (17.09.2008)

    The academy project "Turfan Research" of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Museum of Asian Art - SMB (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) are partners in the EU project 'IDP-CREA The International Dunhuang Project - Cultural Routes of Eurasia Berlin, 17 September 2