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  1. Museum of the 20th Century: Participation competition for the realisation competition begins (18.04.2016)

    Call for proposals published in the Official Journal of the European Union: We are looking for 15 teams of architects and landscape architects The process for the new construction of the Museum of the 20th Century at Berlin's Kulturforum is entering the next round. The invitation to tender for the p

  2. Hermann Parzinger at the G7 meeting of culture ministers in Florence (30.03.2017)

    Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, is attending the first meeting of G7 culture ministers under the Italian Presidency in Florence today. The meeting will focus on "culture as an instrument of dialogue between peoples" and will address issues of cultural diver

  3. Deep mourning for Werner Knopp (07.01.2019)

    Long-time President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation passes away at the age of 87 - Parzinger: He was the President of Unity The long-standing President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Werner Knopp, passed away on 4 January 2019 at the age of 87. Born in Braunschweig, he ha

  4. Personnel changes on the Board of Trustees: Barbara Helwing becomes Director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East, Claudia Martin-Konle takes over the State Library's user department (18.12.2018)

    The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, today unanimously made far-reaching personnel decisions for the National Museums in Berlin and the Berlin State Library The Museum of the Ancient Near East at the Staatliche

  5. SPK returns antique vases to Italy and receives long-term loans (13.06.2024)

    Closing date: 13.06.2024, 2.30 pm SPK restitutes 25 objects from the Collection of Classical Antiquities with dubious provenance to Italy - Contract signed with Minister of State for Culture Roth and Italian Minister of Culture Sangiuliano in Berlin - Parzinger: Restitution agreement intensifies coo

  6. Partnership of SPK with CSMVS in Mumbai (14.01.2026)

    Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) and Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of Ancient Near East) contribute to the exhibition "Networks of the Past. A Study Gallery of India & the Ancient World" in Mumbai. Mumbai recently saw the opening of the first major archaeological exhibition t

  7. Database, capacity building, dark field research: how the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation supports the protection of cultural property in Syria (01.06.2016)

    On the occasion of the International Meeting of Experts on the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Syria, which is taking place from 2 to 4 June 2016 at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, says: "If one day the guns fall s

  8. The Nuba photographs and films in Leni Riefenstahl's estate: scholars from Germany and Sudan conduct joint research - symposium in Berlin (23.10.2024)

    In 2018, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation received the estate of the filmmaker and photographer Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) as a gift. The holdings were divided up within the SPK according to academic expertise: Written material - Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Department of Manuscripts and H

  9. 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

  10. Change in the office of Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (20.12.2010)

    The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, today unanimously elected Prof Dr Günther Schauerte as the new Vice-President of the SPK. Mr Schauerte is currently Deputy Director General of the National Museums in Berlin -