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  1. The future of Berlin's Kulturforum begins: SPK launches ideas competition for the Museum of the 20th Century (03.09.2015)

    New museum complex will house the important holdings of the Nationalgalerie - ideas competition to deliver architectural concept and submit proposals for urban planning organisation The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is launching one of its most important new building projects. Over the next

  2. Five houses. Ten euros: UNESCO World Heritage Day on 5 June on Berlin's Museum Island (02.06.2016)

    Hermann Parzinger and Michael Eissenhauer invite Berliners and guests of the city to come and take a look! The UNESCO World Heritage Day will take place this Sunday, 5 June 2016, from 10 am to 6 pm on Museum Island Berlin. With a day ticket of ten euros (concessions: five euros), visitors can visit

  3. Pergamonmuseum on schedule: Clearance of the south wing to be completed in autumn (24.05.2024)

    Construction clearance of the south wing in full swing - dismantling of numerous permanently installed exhibits has been completed - preparations for the relocation of the Museum of Islamic Art to the north wing The museums are currently working at full speed to clear the south wing of the Pergamonm

  4. Foundation stone laid for berlin modern (09.02.2024)

    The foundation stone for berlin modern at the Kulturforum was laid on 9 February 2024 in the presence of Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth and the Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner. Other speakers included Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Danyal

  5. "Art through credit" - On the article "Berliner Blamage" in DER SPIEGEL, issue 45/2017 (07.11.2017)

    The book "Kunst durch Kredit" (De Gruyter, 2017) by Lynn Rother examines the purchase of around 4,400 works of art owned by Dresdner Bank by the State of Prussia for the Berlin museums in 1935 from the perspective of art and banking history. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) points out

  6. Milestone reached in the refurbishment of the Pergamon Museum (04.12.2025)

    First construction phase structurally completed - Collection of Classical Antiquities, Museum of Islamic Art and Museum of the Ancient Near East furnish rooms - reopening in spring 2027 Construction work on the first phase of the Pergamon Museum will be completed at the end of the year. They include

  7. Priorities of the SPK in 2025 (13.03.2025)

    Annual reception at the James-Simon-Galerie - Parzinger: New funding agreement is recognition of reform - Outstanding visitor balance 2024 - Attractive exhibition programme this year - Expansion of international collaborations Over 200 guests from politics, culture, science, business, tourism and so

  8. Restitution of stolen books to the family of Marc Bloch (28.05.2026)

    Seven books from the library of the historian Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne Vidal, which were looted during the Nazi era, have been returned to their descendants in Berlin. At a formal ceremony held yesterday at the French Embassy in Berlin, three German cultural institutions presented seven books

  9. Objects that tell of the famous Silk Road (17.09.2008)

    The academy project "Turfan Research" of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Museum of Asian Art - SMB (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) are partners in the EU project 'IDP-CREA The International Dunhuang Project - Cultural Routes of Eurasia Berlin, 17 September 2

  10. Berlin Egyptian Museum becomes project partner in the establishment of the Akhenaten Museum near Amarna (19.11.2019)

    Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of the National Museums in Berlin committed to establishing the Akhenaten Museum in el-Minja - Parzinger signs corresponding memorandum and welcomes support from the Federal Government's Museum Agency Since 2002, the Akhenaten Museum (Akhenaten Museum) has been