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  1. Construction work begins on the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum (18.11.2020)

    Work is currently starting on site for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. The Haus der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is being built according to plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Several measures are necessary to prepare the area for the construction work. The southbound l

  2. Speech by the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, at the opening of the exhibition "Merovingian Period - Europe without Borders" on 12 March 2007 in Moscow (12.03.2007)

    Germany and Russia have a long shared history, a history that is not only characterised by real political developments, but also to a large extent by close cultural ties and connections. Literature, music, theatre and the fine arts have had a profound and lasting mutual impact in both countries. Mus

  3. New scanning technology CultLab3D: How museum pieces can be digitised on the assembly line (05.11.2014)

    It's a revolution in museums: with the CultLab3D scanning line, collection artefacts can be captured in three dimensions and converted into authentic digital models in just a few minutes. While 3D reproduction techniques for museum treasures were previously expensive and, above all, time-consuming,

  4. Dagmar Korbacher becomes director of the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett - Karen Tieth becomes head of the bpk picture agency (03.07.2018)

    For the first time in the history of these institutions, women are at the helm. At its meeting yesterday, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation decided to appoint art historian Dagmar Korbacher as Director of the Museum of Prints and Drawings. From 1 November 2018, she w

  5. Iron Age - Europe without borders (10.11.2020)

    On 10 November 2020, the exhibition "Iron Age - Europe without Borders" opens at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Around 1600 objects from the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage and the three Russian partner museums will provi

  6. SPK returns human remains and grave goods to Hawai'i (11.04.2023)

    A few days ago, the SPK handed over four iwi kūpuna (human remains of Hawaiian descent) and seven moepū (grave goods) to Hui Iwi Kuamo'o, an organisation of Hawaiian First Nations representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). The human remains had been in the care of the Museum of Prehistory an

  7. 6th Day of Provenance Research on 10 April 2024 at the National Museums in Berlin (27.03.2024)

    The International Day of Provenance Research will take place for the sixth time on 10 April 2024. This year, the SPK institutions will once again provide insights into the work of their provenance researchers The National Museums in Berlin are offering guided tours on provenance research and the his

  8. Is it appropriate to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Museum of Ethnology? (30.03.2026)

    Out of the postcolonial trenches, or moving beyond Eurocentric ideas about education? Johann Michael Möller and Nikolaus Bernau debate the significance of ethnological collections in 2024.

  9. Is it appropriate to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Museum of Ethnology? (30.03.2026)

    Out of the postcolonial trenches, or moving beyond Eurocentric ideas about education? Johann Michael Möller and Nikolaus Bernau debate the significance of ethnological collections in 2024.

  10. National presentation of the Europa Nostra Award 2010 to the Neues Museum and the Baerwaldbad (19.11.2010)

    The Neues Museum, Museum Island Berlin, was honoured today with the main prize of the "European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award" in the "Conservation" category during a ceremony at the Baerwaldbad (Berlin-Kreuzberg). Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Herit