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  1. The Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island - a jewel of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (20.04.2009)

    The New Museum. On 16 October 2009, the Neues Museum will reopen after 70 years. The building, which was severely damaged in the Second World War and preserved as a ruin, has been restored over the last ten years according to plans by David Chipperfield and was handed over to the Prussian Cultural H

  2. German museums and exhibition centres remain very popular. Over 104 million museum visits in 2008 (03.11.2009)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 104,852,334 visits in 2008. Although this represents a decrease of 2.3% compared to 2007, it is still the second-highest number of visits since the survey began in 1981. These figures have now been published by the Institute for Museum Research at the National

  3. The Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island reopens (15.10.2009)

    With a ceremony attended by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit and Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, the Neues Museum reopens its doors tomorrow for the first time in seventy years. From 17 October, the public is invited to visit the building, which was a war

  4. German museums and exhibition centres continue their upward trend. Over 106 million museum visits in 2009 (30.11.2010)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 106,820,203 museum visits in 2009. This represents an increase of 1.9 per cent compared to 2008. The Institute for Museum Research at the National Museums in Berlin, an institution of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, in co-operation with the German Mu

  5. Slight increase in visitor numbers to German museums - Over 109 million museum visits in 2011 (13.12.2012)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 109,581,613 museum visits in 2011. This represents an increase of 0.35 per cent compared to 2010, and is once again the highest number of visits since the survey began in 1981. The results are part of the overall statistical survey of museums and exhibition cen

  6. Even higher visitor figures for German museums. Over 109 million museum visits in 2010 (14.12.2011)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 109,196,469 museum visits in 2010. This represents an increase of 2.2 per cent compared to 2009, and is the highest number of visits since the survey of visitor numbers began in 1981. The results are part of the overall statistical survey of museums and exhibit

  7. Long-lost gold tablet returns to the Museum of the Ancient Near East of the National Museums in Berlin (04.12.2013)

    Today in New York, a three-thousand-year-old gold tablet from Assur, which had been lost by the Museum of the Ancient Near East in the turmoil at the end of the war, was returned to the museum. The handover took place in Nassau County Surrogate's Court, presided over by Judge Edward W. McCarty. The

  8. Another significant increase in the number of visits to German museums - over 112 million museum visits in 2012 (16.12.2013)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 112,807,633 museum visits in 2012. This represents an increase of 2.9 per cent compared to 2011 and is the highest number of visits since the survey of visit figures began in 1981. These figures have now been published in the overall statistical survey of museu

  9. Night concert on the Museum Island: 'Notturno' at the Neues Museum on 16 January Works by C. Ph. E. Bach, Couperin, Vivaldi and Zelenka in dialogue with art (09.01.2015)

    For the second 'Notturno' chamber concert of the season, an eight-piece ensemble from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin will embark on an interdisciplinary search for clues in the Neues Museum on 16 January. Since its reopening in 2009, the building on Museum Island has housed important exhib

  10. On the temporary care of the former Charité collection of human remains in the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage (21.03.2014)

    In response to the press release issued by the Central Council of the African Community, the Initiative of Black People in Germany and the NGO alliances "No Humboldt 21!" and "Genocide is not time-barred!" on 17 March 2014: "Federal government plans to deport human remains from the colonial era", th