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  1. Colonnades of the Museum Island Berlin completed (29.08.2024)

    Final construction phase to restore the building to its original state completed Berlin. Under the direction of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR), the listed colonnades on Berlin's Museum Island have been restored to their original state. The final construction phase, inclu

  2. New directors for the SPK: Anette Hüsch comes to the Alte Nationalgalerie, Antje Scherner to the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art (09.07.2024)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is becoming more female - this was confirmed by the Board of Trustees on Monday with its personnel decisions: Dr Anette Hüsch, currently Director of the Kunsthalle zu Kiel, will take over as Director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Be

  3. Emanuele Marconi becomes the new director of the Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research (18.06.2024)

    Italian musicologist, restorer and curator with international experience in museum work takes over from Conny Restle on 15 July The Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research is getting a new director. The musicologist, restorer and curator Emanuele Marconi will take over fr

  4. 200 years of Museum Island Berlin: SPK celebrates a unique place of world culture for five years (25.02.2025)

    Kick-off weekend at the end of May / Parzinger: Every Berlin school class should visit the "island" at least once The "200 Years of Museum Island Berlin" anniversary, which the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be organising together with numerous partners over the next five years, is set t

  5. Museum Island: Head to the island festival at the end of May! - With one ticket to all 6 houses (29.04.2025)

    The "200 Years of Museum Island Berlin" anniversary starts with a special programme from 30 May to 1 June - island day ticket for 14 euros / annual ticket valid for 2 people. Museum Island Berlin is kicking off its fifth anniversary year with a kick-off weekend centred around UNESCO World Heritage D

  6. 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

  7. Successful interplay of landscape architecture and art - decision of the interdisciplinary competition for outdoor facilities and art in the building of the plaster moulding workshop of the National Museums in Berlin (23.12.2024)

    A Berlin team from the disciplines of landscape architecture and art will design the outdoor areas of the plaster moulding workshop of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (SMB) following its basic restoration and extension. With their design, the offices 100Landschaftsarchitektur and studiofutura with t

  8. Cultural ambassadors on wheels: SPK and Flix agree mobility partnership for the Museum Island Berlin (19.12.2024)

    From 2025, Museum Island Berlin will be celebrating its 200th anniversary - starting with the anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone for the Altes Museum on 9 July. The travel company Flix and SPK have joined forces to enable even more people to enjoy culture and publicise the island's an

  9. 200 years of Museum Island Berlin: SPK celebrates a unique place of world culture for five years (18.12.2024)

    Gold hat and Nefertiti, Cleopatra and Caspar David Friedrich, Canova and Pergamon. The curved façade of the Bode Museum, the temple of the Alte Nationalgalerie, the resurrected Neues Museum and the idyllic Kolonnadenhof. The Museum Island is one of Berlin's main attractions and one of the world's to

  10. Museums are popular - and important economic location factors (12.12.2024)

    Another rise in visitor numbers to German museums and exhibition centres - And: ongoing study by the Institute for Museum Research shows that public funding invested in museums has doubled Museums and exhibition centres in Germany continue to enjoy increasing popularity. This is shown by the overall