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  1. A differentiated view of Iranian modernity (01.03.2017)

    Within just a few years, modern art in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s achieved a rich development. Its protagonists were caught in a tense relationship between connecting with international developments and drawing on centuries-old traditions. On 11 March 2017, at the invitation of the Goethe-Institut

  2. The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2021 in the violin and piano trio categories (16.09.2021)

    The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2021 ended yesterday evening with a spectacular finale. This year, the competition was held in the violin and piano trio categories. The Konzerthausorchester Berlin performed under the direction of Felix Bender. This year's prize winners are VIO

  3. Parzinger to save the Rieckhallen: A milestone for the home base of contemporary art (23.09.2021)

    SPK President happy and grateful about agreement between the state of Berlin and CA Immo - Director of Hamburger Bahnhof: Great prospects for the museum of the 21st century The state of Berlin intends to acquire the Rieckhallen at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum der Gegenwart - Berlin. This is provided f

  4. Until 14 September: Season of the Kolonnaden Bar on Museum Island is extended (28.08.2025)

    Due to its great success and the good weather, SPK, the Berlin Vagabund brewery and visitBerlin want to run Berlin's most beautiful summer venue for a fortnight longer - Kolonnaden-Bar opens every Wednesday to Sunday from 2pm and 4pm to 10pm The Colonnade Bar is the summer hit par excellence! Due to

  5. Lost in the war - now back in the Kunstgewerbemuseum: Permoser's ivory group "Hercules and Omphale" (31.07.2007)

    The twenty-two centimetre high group of figures "Hercules and Omphale", carved out of ivory by the Baroque sculptor Balthasar Permoser around 1700, returned to its original place in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts after decades of loss. The work had initially come to the Berlin Kunstkammer in 1

  6. Invitation to the digital opening of the Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden (18.01.2021)

    On 25 January 2021, the main building of the Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden will reopen digitally - after extensive refurbishment, modernisation and expansion. The structural and organisational measures have been completed and the Staatsbibliothek is ready to open the building. In his speech, Bun

  7. A big step towards the Humboldt Forum (28.11.2008)

    Francesco Stella (Vicenza) wins architectural competition - unanimous decision by the jury The three partners of the Humboldt Forum, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK), Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), are delighted that an outstanding basis ha

  8. 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

  9. Love is everything - the SPK gives its all and participates with 17 museums in the Long Night of Museums on 30 August - Ackermann: The public can look forward to many attractions (28.08.2025)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is taking part in the 43rd Long Night of Museums with 17 museums, which starts on 30 August under the motto "Love in Berlin". This year's focus will be on the Museum Island, which is celebrating its 200th anniversary. All the buildings on the "island" are op

  10. Sculpture in the National Gallery that was thought to have been lost during the war is found again (05.12.2011)

    A 19th-century sculpture that had been thought lost since the end of the war has been found on the grounds of the American Academy in Berlin-Wannsee. It is owned by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and is part of the collection of the National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin. In 2