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  1. Berlin State Library restitutes 13 volumes to the Jewish Community of Vienna (04.12.2014)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has today restituted 13 volumes from the holdings of the Berlin State Library to the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG Vienna). The volumes in question were published between 1840 and 1914. Four volumes were formerly owned by the Jewish Community, the other ni

  2. Federal government funds "Museum 4.0" pilot project (15.11.2016)

    At the end of last week, the Bundestag's Budget Committee approved funding for the "Museum 4.0 - Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future" project. The project, which is being led by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, also involves the Deutsche Aus-wandererhaus Bremerhaven, the Deutsc

  3. Germany's oldest young classical music competition starts advance sales for January 2019 (20.12.2018)

    On 20 January 2019, the winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will perform with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Corinna Niemeyer at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt. Germany's oldest competition for young classical musicians will be held in 2019 in

  4. The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in piano and composition starts on 12 January 2022 (11.01.2022)

    On 12 January 2022, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will begin, in which the best young musicians from German music academies will compete against each other in the subjects of piano and composition. The final concert and the prizewinners' concert with competition participants

  5. Kupferstichkabinett and the "Degenerate Art" campaign of 1937: New publication commemorates Willy Kurth's rescue operation (10.10.2023)

    The curator saved hundreds of masterpieces by Kirchner, Heckel, Picasso and Beckmann from the Nazi iconoclasm - and kept quiet about it for the rest of his life - now he is being remembered for the first time and his daring rescue operation is being comprehensively reconstructed Summer 1937: The Nat

  6. Ukrainian museums plan for reconstruction - proposals for the country's future at conference in Berlin (28.05.2024)

    Despite the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the country's museums are looking to the future and are now presenting joint proposals for a comprehensive reconstruction of the country. At the Berlin conference "From Crisis to Future: New Responsibilities for Museums in Ukraine", repr

  7. New funding agreement signed for the SPK at the Bode Museum by the federal and state governments (12.03.2025)

    Roth: Clear commitment from the federal and state governments / Parzinger: Great day for the Foundation - money will flow into quality improvements in the centres Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the heads of government of the federal states signed the new financing agreement for the Prussian Cult

  8. Celebration on World Heritage Day: Berlin's Museum Island turns 200 (01.06.2025)

    Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer, Berlin's Senator for Culture Sarah Wedl-Wilson and the new SPK President Marion Ackermann appeal not only to preserve the Museum Island World Heritage Site, but also to develop it for future generations The foundation of Berlin's Museum Island 200 years

  9. Handing over the keys to the State Library's General Reading Room (10.12.2012)

    Unter den Linden created the best structural conditions for users, valuable collections and librarians. Today, the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, and the Director General of the Berlin State Library, Barbara Schneider-Kempf, receive the keys to the new Gen

  10. New rooms - new lines of sight - new views (11.01.2018)

    The construction site of the James-Simon-Galerie on Museum Island opens up new perspectives Berlin. Since the topping-out ceremony in April 2016, the James-Simon-Galerie has been visibly taking shape as the central entrance building to Berlin's Museum Island, both from the outside and the inside. Hi