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  1. Berlin's most beautiful summer venue: the Kolonnaden Bar on Museum Island reopens (04.06.2025)

    SPK, the Berlin Vagabund Brewery and visitBerlin start the new season together - with over 50 free events and the island beer "Wissensdurst" - Kolonnaden-Bar opens between 5 June and 31 August 2025 Wednesdays to Sundays from 12 noon or 2 pm to 10 pm. The new Kolonnaden Bar on the southern bank of th

  2. 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

  3. Ceremony at the Neues Museum: Hermann Parzinger bids farewell as President of the SPK, Marion Ackermann inaugurated (27.05.2025)

    Minister of State for Culture Weimer, Saxony's Prime Minister Kretschmer and Senator for Culture Wedl-Wilson honour formative years - speeches by Markschies and Chipperfield The former President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, was bid farewell on Tuesday (27 May) wit

  4. Museum Island Berlin (22.05.2025)

    Celebrating a world star: 200 years of Museum Island Berlin - The big island festival from 30 May to 1 June 2025 Lots on offer for free and outdoors - With the island day ticket for 14 euros to all museums - Almost 70 free guided tours - Kolonnadenbar opens for the island festival - Friends and part

  5. Repatriations from the Ethnological Museum: (02.12.2025)

    Foundation Board authorises Marion Ackermann to return objects with human remains to Ghana and to hold talks with Australian authorities about spiritual objects The Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin has four objects from Kpando in present-day Ghana with human remains attached to

  6. Press conference at the Museum of Photography: The estate of Leni Riefenstahl - an interim balance of research (22.01.2026)

    Leni Riefenstahl's estate - donated to the SPK in 2018 in disorganised boxes containing photos, films, notes, letters, manuscripts and other documents - has since been successively processed and made accessible for use. The holdings harbour enormous research potential. At the same time, the collecti

  7. SPK co-operates with Moroccan museum foundation (15.01.2026)

    Marion Ackermann signs Memorandum of Understanding with Fondation Nationale des Musées in Rabat - collaboration planned for research, capacity building and exhibitions The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation intends to work more closely with Moroccan museums in the future. During a visit to Rabat

  8. Power outage in Berlin: free admission to SPK museums (06.01.2026)

    Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation grants free admission to its museums up to and including Thursday for those affected by the power outage The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is offering all visitors affected by the current power outage in Berlin free admission to all museums of the Nation

  9. Slight increase in visitor numbers to museums and exhibition centres in 2024 (16.12.2025)

    The Institute for Museum Research reports: 107.4 million visits to museums and exhibition centres in 2024 - museums show more special exhibitions again - data collected for zoos, animal parks and botanical gardens for the first time Museums and exhibition centres in Germany enjoyed a 1.3 percent inc

  10. Christmas offers from the museums of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (09.12.2025)

    Why not give the gift of a visit to the museum! Christmas offers from the museums of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation - with an annual ticket 2026 to Brancusi, Panton or Dschinghis Khan No present yet? Why not save yourself the stress of Christmas and take a relaxed look at our online shops