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Volume 46 of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook documents the successful work and high-profile activities of the Foundation and its five institutions in 2010, focussing on the areas of building, exhibitions, research, acquisitions and cooperation. The Kolonnadenhof was ceremoniously reopened as

Volume 47 of the Yearbook of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has just been published. It documents the diverse, high-profile activities of the Foundation and its five institutions in 2011, with a particular focus on the anniversary of the State Library, the Humboldt Forum, classical studie

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

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the State of Berlin today presented the results of their joint provenance research project on the holdings of the former Gallery of the 20th Century. Over the past three years, two researchers have systematically analysed around 450 works of art created

The illegal trade in cultural property in Germany is the focus of the new ILLICID research project. Over the next three years, this dark field will be analysed in detail. According to international organisations, profits from the illegal trade in cultural goods are an important pillar of organised c

With today's launch of the new image portal of the picture agency bpk www.bpk-images.de, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is making a unique pool of high-quality images from the fields of art, culture and history available for commercial use. In the joint online shop of the world's most ren

In order to curb the illegal trade in antiquities from Iraq and Syria, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and UNESCO will work more closely together in future. A cooperation agreement to this effect has now been signed. The cooperation will focus on awareness-raising measures (as part of the

Today sees the launch of "museum4punkt0 - Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future", one of the most visionary projects in the German museum landscape. In a joint virtual experimental space, the project partners are exploring the possibilities and opportunities offered by the latest digital t

A special exhibition of the Museum of Islamic Art of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz and the Oriental Department of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. From 14 July - 15 October 2017 at the Pergamonmuseum, Museum Island Berlin. Using outstanding manuscri

In Wörlitz, SPK President Hermann Parzinger hands over 21 objects that were in the possession of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin's Museum of Decorative Arts as external property The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has returned 21 artefacts to the Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation that were pr