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  1. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and National Museums in Berlin honour Heinz Berggruen on the tenth anniversary of his death (22.02.2017)

    The great collector and patron Heinz Berggruen died in Paris on 23 February 2007. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the National Museums in Berlin commemorate the honorary citizen of Berlin with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Dahlem Forest Cemetery. On the tenth anniversary of his death

  2. 'Notturno' - Summer open air in the garden of the Museum Berggruen A trio from the DSO will play works by Bruch, Françaix, Mozart and Smit on 16 June (09.06.2017)

    The chamber concert series 'Notturno' will conclude its season in the open air on 16 June. An ensemble from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin will perform trio compositions for clarinet, viola and piano by Max Bruch, Jean Françaix, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Leo Smit in the garden of the Mus

  3. Wilhelm von Humboldt - founding father of the Museum Island (22.06.2017)

    Ceremony at the family seat Schloss Tegel / Parzinger: educational reformer and founding father of the Museum Island To mark the 250th anniversary of Wilhelm von Humboldt's birth, the Governing Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller, the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Founding Di

  4. Dahlem and the Humboldt Forum: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and National Museums in Berlin publish the magazine "Sammlungswelten" (Worlds of Collections) (16.12.2016)

    Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz supports the magazine, which will be included in the next few days in the magazines "Cicero" and "Monopol" and in January also in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its National Museums in Berlin are publishing a magaz

  5. Museum Island receives temporary exhibition building "Pergamonmuseum. The Panorama" (09.11.2016)

    In order to be able to offer visitors to Berlin's Museum Island an attractive programme during the renovation of the Pergamon Museum, the SPK is erecting a temporary exhibition building. It will be built directly opposite the Museum Island on Kupfergraben and next to the railway line. Visitors will

  6. Museum Island gets the "Reinhold Würth Centre for Cultural Education and Mediation in the Bastian House" in 2017 - Grütters and Parzinger thank Reinhold Würth and the Heiner Bastian family for their generous commitment (30.09.2016)

    The "Haus Bastian" on Kupfergraben, built by David Chipperfield, will become the "Reinhold Würth Centre for Cultural Education and Mediation in Haus Bastian" of the National Museums in Berlin. A generous donation from entrepreneur and collector Reinhold Würth and an equally generous offer from the B

  7. 42 finalists for the competition to realise the Museum of the 20th Century at Berlin's Kulturforum (16.06.2016)

    Competition documents to be sent out soon - Grütters: Design must be convincing in terms of urban planning and function - Parzinger: A lot of creativity and expertise for art - Submissions in mid-September The realisation competition for the planned Museum of the 20th Century of the National Gallery

  8. Five houses. Ten euros: UNESCO World Heritage Day on 5 June on Berlin's Museum Island (02.06.2016)

    Hermann Parzinger and Michael Eissenhauer invite Berliners and guests of the city to come and take a look! The UNESCO World Heritage Day will take place this Sunday, 5 June 2016, from 10 am to 6 pm on Museum Island Berlin. With a day ticket of ten euros (concessions: five euros), visitors can visit

  9. Parzinger: Museum of European Cultures will be represented with a showcase in the Humboldt Forum (18.07.2016)

    The Museum of European Cultures of the National Museums in Berlin will be represented with a showcase in the future Humboldt Forum. The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, welcomed the plans of the State of Berlin to seek co-operation with the successful Dahlem

  10. Islam debate: Museums want to help overcome fears (07.07.2016)

    The Museum of Islamic Art of the National Museums in Berlin and the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony want to place the cultural diversity of Islam at the centre of their work - interview in the new SPK magazine with Nanette J. Snoep and Stefan Weber In their work, the Museum of Islamic Art o