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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

More than sixty years after the end of the war, a Florentine Mannerist portrait of a lady finds its way back to Berlin (31.05.2006)

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Commission for Looted Art in Europe have good news to announce: A small-format Florentine Mannerist painting that went missing in the turmoil of the Second World War has today been handed over to the Berlin Gemäldegalerie by the London-based Commissi

Four Baroque paintings returned from the Berlin Picture Gallery (03.07.2006)

Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returned four paintings from the 18th century. The paintings were handed over to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for restoration in 1942 via an art dealer, but were not collected again despite repeated requests. From then on, they were kept in the col

Two long-lost works by Adolph Menzel return to the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (10.07.2006)

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has today received back two major gouache paintings by the Berlin artist Adolph von Menzel (1815-1905), which were thought to have been lost for over sixty years. The works were identified following a tip-off from Christie's auction house, where they were to

East Asia Department of the Berlin State Library with new director (01.08.2006)

At the end of July, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation appointed Matthias Kaun, 38, as Head of the East Asia Department of the Berlin State Library. Mr Kaun studied Sinology, Asian History and Public Law. With over 1 million items, the East Asia Department is the larg

The reconstruction of Berlin's Museum Island is making strong progress (12.10.2006)

The opening of the splendidly renovated and technically modernised Bode Museum next week (first day of opening on Thursday) is another milestone in the restoration of the museum ensemble and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Alte Nationalgalerie opened its doors back in 2001 following its renovation.

Gift from the Bode descendants for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (18.10.2006)

One day after the grand opening of the Bode Museum, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin received a special gift today: Wilhelm von Bode's great-grandchildren from Germany and Switzerland presented General Director Peter-Klaus Schuster with a small majolica jug from the early Renaissance at the Bode Muse

"Lepsius - the German expedition to the Nile" - A presentation by the National Museums in Berlin at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (30.10.2006)

The Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, together with the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage in cooperation with the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, are opening the exhibition "Lepsius - the German Expedition to the Nile" tomor

Green light for new building on Berlin's Museum Island: James Simon Gallery provides hospitality, orientation and information for visitors (09.11.2006)

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation welcomes with pleasure the decision of the Federal Government, which has been the sole financier of the renovation and restoration of the Museum Island since 2003, to begin the new construction of the James Simon Gallery (New Entrance Building) there now and

Foundation stone laid for the Central Reading Room of the Berlin State Library (24.04.2006)

The foundation stone for the central reading room of the Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden is being laid today in the presence of the Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann and State Secretary Lütke Daldrup, who is standing in for the Federal Minister of Building Wolfgang Tiefensee. The new bui

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