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Construction work begins on the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum (18.11.2020)

Work is currently starting on site for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. The Haus der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is being built according to plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Several measures are necessary to prepare the area for the construction work. The southbound l

On the death of Stephan Waetzoldt (28.05.2008)

Prof. Dr Stephan Waetzoldt died on 25 May 2008 at the age of 88. He was General Director of the Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz from 1965 to 1983. With foresight and skill, he turned the museums in West Berlin, scarred by the division of the city and its collections, back into a cornersto

Conference proceedings "Taking responsibility" have been published (11.06.2009)

The newly published conference proceedings bring together the contributions to the international symposium organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Coordination Office for the Loss of Cultural Property to mark the tenth anniversary of the Washington Principles in December 2008.

Whereabouts of two faience vases in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts secured (27.10.2010)

Two important faience vases from the Kunstgewerbemuseum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin were recently identified as former Jewish property. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has reached an agreement with the heirs that the vases can remain in the Museum of Decorative Arts, where they have

Feasibility study commissioned to optimise Berlin's museum landscape (11.09.2012)

The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Hermann Parzinger, the Director General Michael Eissenhauer and the 15 museum directors of the SMB, in particular the collection directors concerned, Udo Kittelmann and Bernd Lindemann, have decided on the further course of action regarding

Personnel changes on the Board of Trustees: Barbara Helwing becomes Director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East, Claudia Martin-Konle takes over the State Library's user department (18.12.2018)

The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, today unanimously made far-reaching personnel decisions for the National Museums in Berlin and the Berlin State Library The Museum of the Ancient Near East at the Staatliche

Recovery of four miniatures from the Loewe Collection for the Alte Nationalgalerie (10.10.2019)

The SPK was recently able to recover four works of art for the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin that had been thought lost. They belong to a collection of 219 miniatures that Berlin city councillor Loewe had bequeathed to the museum in 1897. The four works have now turned up on the

Parzinger: Now the Kulturforum can become the Museum Island of Modernism (14.11.2019)

Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approves cost plan for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century The cost plan for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin was approved today at the German Bundestag's budget committee meeting to finalis

Electronic music from the roof of the Bode Museum - Parzinger: "We are in solidarity with the Berlin club scene (03.07.2020)

"SPOT // berlin art sessions": One-hour DJ set - top location of the National Museums in Berlin - streamed film The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its National Museums in Berlin are launching the "SPOT // berlin art sessions" project together with GERMAN ARTS. Electronic club music meets

The scientific potential of anthropological collections - BGAEU conference from 27 to 28 March 2025 at PETRI (21.03.2025)

Europe's colonial heritage plays a major role in current social discourse. The Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory (BGAEU), founded on the initiative of Rudolf Virchow in 1869, curates a historical teaching collection of human skulls and skeletons, which was mainly compiled by

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