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Today, the Foundation has handed over a collection of 71 pieces of music from the former estate of the pianist Arthur Rubinstein to his four children. The fate of this collection reflects the drama of the past century: the arbitrary rule of the Nazi era, the raids of the initially victorious German

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

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

On 28 January 2009, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation provided information about its activities and plans for the coming year. At the annual press conference, new projects, developments and exhibitions were also presented, reports were given on building projects and a balance sheet for 2012

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, explains: "I am delighted with the decision of the Bundestag to include the remodelling of the Gemäldegalerie in the supplementary budget for 2012 and would like to thank Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann for his ef

In a working paper on “Restitution and Postcolonial Justice,” Julia von Sigsfeld analyzes restitution processes for cultural property in a postcolonial context. The focus is on a dialogical approach that involves museums and societies of origin on an equal footing. The Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut

The revised design of the James Simon Gallery by David Chipperfield Architects presented today is the result of the planning phase, which was made possible by the provision of federal funding (73 million euros) in November 2006. Changes to the specifications made it necessary to revise the design su

The ideas competition for the Museum of the 20th Century at Berlin's Kulturforum came to an end this Friday with the selection of ten winning designs. The teams of architects and landscape architects responsible for the award-winning designs have thus qualified to take part in the realisation compet

At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation noted with great satisfaction that all elements of the Masterplan it adopted in June 1999 can now be implemented following the recent decisions by the Federal Government and Parliament. The decision taken on 9 N

Today, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation unanimously appointed Dr Elisabeth Tietmeyer as the new Director of the Museum of European Cultures of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. She has already been Deputy Director of this museum since Octo