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  1. Opening of the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection (10.07.2008)

    A new highlight enriches Berlin's cultural life: the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection, which is being shown under the name "Surreal Worlds" in the eastern Stüler Building opposite the Museum Berggruen and Charlottenburg Palace. The "Dieter Scharf Collection in Memory of Otto Gerstenberg Foundation" has

  2. Something special for you: the highlights of 2021 (22.01.2021)

    Our doors may have been closed for many weeks, but behind them our people have been busy. They have used that time to prepare a whole year full of special events, historical highlights, and sensational exhibitions. Soon, it will once again be possible to enjoy a real-life visit to the facilities and

  3. Marion Ackermann to be the new President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation from June 2025 (08.07.2024)

    The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) today unanimously elected Prof Dr Marion Ackermann as President of the Foundation. She will head the foundation from 1 June 2025 and succeed Prof. Dr Hermann Parzinger, who has held the position since March 2008 and will retire

  4. Cultural Forum: The Piazzetta becomes Johanna and Eduard Arnhold Square (04.11.2024)

    The former piazzetta at the entrance to the museums at the Kulturforum was today named after Johanna and Eduard Arnhold. This commemorates the Jewish couple who patronised art, culture and science during the imperial era and the Weimar Republic. With the naming of the square, the museums at the Kult

  5. Collector Egidio Marzona donates books, editions and posters to the art library for "Encyclopaedia of Art of the 60s and 70s" (14.10.2016)

    Once again, the collector Egidio Marzona has surprised the Art Library of the National Museums in Berlin with a major donation. The 115 books and editions, 141 posters and around 1,000 invitation cards are an excellent addition to the Marzona Collection, which was acquired in 2002. Even then, Marzon

  6. Visitor days in the Pergamonmuseum south wing shortly before the start of construction - opening hours extended (27.02.2025)

    More tickets available! 7 to 9 March 2025: Babylon in Berlin - Visitor Days at the Pergamonmuseum South Wing The first tickets for the visiting days at the Pergamonmuseum were sold out within a few days. On Monday, 3 March 2025, additional ticket contingents will be released for sale from 12 noon. A

  7. 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

  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. Two works from the Kupferstichkabinett restituted (08.10.2014)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has today restituted two drawings from the holdings of the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The provenance of the sheets had been examined as part of a systematic provenance research project. They turned out to have formerly belonged t

  10. Personnel changes on the Board of Trustees: Reinhard Altenhöner joins the State Library - Michael Eissenhauer also takes over the Picture Gallery - Contract with Udo Kittelmann extended (25.06.2015)

    The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, today unanimously made far-reaching personnel decisions for the Berlin State Library and the National Museums in Berlin. Reinhard Altenhöner has been appointed Permanent Depu