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  1. A Royal Visit to Museum Island (25.05.2023)

    Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh and brother of King Charles III, visited Museum Island Berlin on 22 May On May 22, a limousine pulled up next to the flight of steps in front of James-Simon-Galerie. Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh and brother of King Charles III, stepped out to shake hands with

  2. Foundation stone laid for the James-Simon-Galerie on Museum Island Berlin (18.10.2013)

    Today, the foundation stone for the James-Simon-Galerie, the new entrance building on Museum Island, will be laid in the presence of Michael Odenwald, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, representing the Federal Government. Also present are Hermann P

  3. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presents its annual programme and plans for the future (28.04.2022)

    Annual reception 2022 in the James-Simon-Galerie - Parzinger: We have new strategic goals and are facing up to the great challenges of our time The institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation provide an insight into their annual programme and their plans for the future. As President He

  4. Books restituted to the descendants of the French politician Georges Mandel (15.07.2022)

    Restitution from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and SLUB Dresden - Heirs of Georges Mandel receive books in Paris - Minister of State for Culture Roth: "Keeping the memory of the victims alive" The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) and the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) have

  5. Nazi-looted art: SPK restitutes five works from the Gemäldegalerie (21.10.2024)

    Fair and equitable solution: SPK restitutes five works to the heirs of the owners of the Matthiesen Gallery - one work remains in the Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin In 1935, Dresdner Bank sold around 4,400 works of art to the Prussian state, which handed them over to the museums. Si

  6. Growing interest in museums and exhibition centres in Germany: over 113 million visits in 2007 (06.10.2008)

    The Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz has completed and analysed the statistical survey of visitor numbers to museums in the Federal Republic of Germany for 2007. Museums in Germany had a total of 107,303,946 visits in 2007. Compared to 2006, t

  7. Action week "Avantgarde Architecture" as part of the 8th Petersburg Dialogue from 29. 9. to 3. 10. 2008 in St. Petersburg (02.10.2008)

    As part of the 8th Petersburg Dialogue, the "Avant-garde Architecture" action week has been taking place in St. Petersburg since 29 September and will continue until 3 October 2008. The aim of the action week is to draw attention to the exceptionally rich heritage of architectural monuments from the

  8. Three domes for the colonnades (31.07.2009)

    By the end of the year, the colonnades and the colonnade courtyard between the Old National Gallery and the Neues Museum will be extensively repaired and restored. Three domes destroyed during the war, which crowned three "little temples" on the banks of the Spree within the eastern row of columns,

  9. New perspectives on inequalities in Latin America (15.01.2010)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds research project of the Institute for Latin American Studies at Freie Universität and the Ibero-American Institute of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding a joint project of

  10. Knowledge archives in dialogue with science and society (10.12.2010)

    Conference organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as part of the Berlin Year of Science 2010 "Berlin - Capital for Science" On 9 and 10 December 2010, the conference "Knowledge Archives in Dialogue with Science and Society" took place at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. As an institut