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  1. New appointments to the Board of Trustees: Alexis von Poser becomes Deputy Director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin (04.07.2019)

    The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, unanimously decided on Tuesday that Dr Alexis von Poser should take over the position of Deputy Director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art. The Ethnologi

  2. Open, diverse, cosmopolitan: Herzog & de Meuron present the revised plans for the National Gallery's Museum of the 20th Century at Berlin's Kulturforum (09.10.2018)

    With the Museum of the 20th Century, a building is being erected at the Kulturforum that will develop great charisma and at the same time fulfil the complex museum tasks to a high degree. The architecture that will be created in the coming years will be even more open to its surroundings and will fo

  3. 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

  4. Dagmar Korbacher becomes director of the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett - Karen Tieth becomes head of the bpk picture agency (03.07.2018)

    For the first time in the history of these institutions, women are at the helm. At its meeting yesterday, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation decided to appoint art historian Dagmar Korbacher as Director of the Museum of Prints and Drawings. From 1 November 2018, she w

  5. Cultural heritage strengthens Europe - Berlin Appeal of the European Cultural Heritage Summit (22.06.2018)

    The importance of cultural heritage for the future of Europe is to be strengthened. To this end, the organisers of the European Cultural Heritage Summit formulated the "Berlin Call to Action" and presented it today in Berlin after the topic was discussed in high-profile panels. Renowned public and p

  6. Refurbishment work begins at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin (25.09.2019)

    Upgrading the air conditioning system makes it necessary to close the Kleihueshalle on 30 September 2019 The Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin will undergo extensive refurbishment work. The Kleihueshalle, where the exhibition "The Elephant in the Room - Sculptures from the Marx Colle

  7. Architectural competition for the refurbishment of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin at the Kulturforum in keeping with its listed status decided (06.09.2019)

    First prize for gmp Generalplanungsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin In the course of the forthcoming major refurbishment, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin building on Potsdamer Strasse (Kulturforum) is to be redesigned in line with its listed status so that it better meets contemporary technical and functiona

  8. German Symphony Orchestra Berlin (29.08.2019)

    Anniversary concert 10 years of "Notturno" at the Neues Museum on 11 September Chief conductor Robin Ticciati, violinist Christian Tetzlaff and actor Mark Waschke On 11 September, the " Notturno " series will start its new season with a special edition to mark its tenth anniversary. The anniversary

  9. The central reception building on Berlin's Museum Island has been completed (13.12.2018)

    The ceremonial handover of the keys will take place today (12 noon) in the James-Simon-Galerie in the presence of the Minister of State for Culture, Monika Grütters, and the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community, Marco Wanderwitz. The building

  10. SPK - The magazine shows the new centre of Berlin (20.06.2018)

    Humboldt Forum, James-Simon-Galerie, the interim building for the Pergamon Museum, Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden, debates about the Bauakademie: the centre of Berlin is changing. A new magazine looks at the present and future of the historically evolved centre. Under the new title "SPK - Das Mag