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  1. On the death of Heinz Berggruen (26.02.2007)

    Heinz Berggruen has said goodbye. On the evening of 23 February, he passed away peacefully in Paris at the age of 93 - heart failure. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the National Museums in Berlin received the news of his death with dismay and great sadness. The Museum Berggruen, with

  2. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation mourns the death of Wolf-Dieter Dube (10.09.2015)

    Long-standing Director General of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin passes away at the age of 81 - Parzinger: architect of the museum landscape in reunified Berlin Wolf-Dieter Dube, the long-serving Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, has died. He died in Berlin on Wednesday at the age

  3. Only a few days left until the start of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2017 (10.01.2017)

    On 18 January 2017, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will begin in this year's violin and piano trio categories. The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition lasts three days, with 35 violin students and 17 piano trios competing this year. The competitions start at 10

  4. The "Forum Transregionale Studien" is founded (19.10.2009)

    The "Forum Transregionale Studien" was founded on 16 October 2009 at the official residence of the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. It is based on a recommendation by the Berlin Science Commission, which sees this type of study as a special opportunity to raise Berlin's intern

  5. Keep your mouth shut and listen carefully

    03.02.2017 Keep your mouth shut and listen carefully Article The end of the cosy atmosphere: Bernd Kluge from the Münzkabinett on struggles over resources and existential fears following the fall of the Berlin Wall. After the fall of the Wall, changes reached the museum rather quickly too. The full-

  6. Hermann Parzinger honours Hermann Simon: A formative museum man goes into retirement (27.08.2015)

    Director of the New Synagogue Berlin Foundation - Centrum Judaicum hands over his well-ordered house to his successor after almost thirty years - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presents him with a season ticket for the Berlin museums The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation,

  7. The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbeitz and its museums mourn the loss of Egidio Marzona (16.03.2026)

    On 15 March 2026, the Italian art collector and patron Egidio Marzona (born 1944 in Bielefeld) passed away in Berlin surrounded by his family and friends. This was announced by his family today. Egidio Marzona amassed one of the most extensive collections of 20th century art over more than 50 years,

  8. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returns three Meissen porcelain groups (06.08.2008)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recently returned three Meissen porcelain groups from the Arnhold family's former collection to their legal successor, the company S.Bleichröder OHG i.L.. The pieces, which were confiscated due to persecution, were exhibited in the Kunstgewerbemuseum of the

  9. The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in Composition have been announced (16.12.2013)

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts Following the great success of last year's reorientation, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Univers

  10. Parzinger: Museum of European Cultures will be represented with a showcase in the Humboldt Forum (18.07.2016)

    The Museum of European Cultures of the National Museums in Berlin will be represented with a showcase in the future Humboldt Forum. The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, welcomed the plans of the State of Berlin to seek co-operation with the successful Dahlem