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  1. Museum of Islamic Art receives generous support from the Alwaleed Philanthropies (21.06.2018)

    Over the next ten years, the Alwaleed Philanthropies Foundation will support the future permanent exhibition of the Museum of Islamic Art in the renovated Pergamon Museum, educational formats, cultural education in schools and the "Multaka" project The Museum of Islamic Art of the National Museums i

  2. International research museums agree on joint global knowledge and collection network in Berlin (08.11.2018)

    A total of 232 museum representatives from 109 institutions in 24 countries took part in the world's first conference of research museums from 4 to 6 November 2018. At the end of the conference, the participants signed a declaration emphasising that research museums around the world can work togethe

  3. Shaping the future with knowledge of the past - Hermann Parzinger on the "Expedition Future" exhibition train (23.04.2009)

    Today, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel will open the "Expedition Future" exhibition train in Berlin. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, answers the question of why we are researching and preserving evidence of past cultures in carriage 11, which is dedicated

  4. Celebration on World Heritage Day: Berlin's Museum Island turns 200 (01.06.2025)

    Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer, Berlin's Senator for Culture Sarah Wedl-Wilson and the new SPK President Marion Ackermann appeal not only to preserve the Museum Island World Heritage Site, but also to develop it for future generations The foundation of Berlin's Museum Island 200 years

  5. Museums, libraries and archives can now apply for funding for provenance research and investigation (14.07.2008)

    Public museums, libraries and archives in Germany can now submit applications to the Provenance Research Centre to support provenance research projects. Funding totalling one million euros is available annually from the budget of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media for this

  6. Ibero-American Institute receives international award for outstanding mediation and networking work (09.10.2014)

    The Ibero-American Institute (IAI) of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is the first German institution to receive the "Premio ASICOM-Universidad de Oviedo". It is being honoured for its outstanding educational and networking work on Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. Hermann

  7. "Bronze Age - Europe without borders". Scientific significance of the exhibition with artefacts from the Berlin Museum of Prehistory and Early History that were removed during the war (20.06.2013)

    From 21 June to 8 September 2013, the exhibition "Bronze Age - Europe without Borders" will take place at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Its second stop will be at the State Historical Museum in Moscow from 15 October 2013 to 13 January 2014. The exhibition concept is the result of German-R

  8. Conference proceedings "Taking responsibility" have been published (11.06.2009)

    The newly published conference proceedings bring together the contributions to the international symposium organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Coordination Office for the Loss of Cultural Property to mark the tenth anniversary of the Washington Principles in December 2008.

  9. Hermann Parzinger receives the Marsilius Medal of Heidelberg University (01.02.2019)

    The Marsilius Kolleg at Heidelberg University yesterday awarded the Marsilius Medal to the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in recognition of his services to bringing together different academic cultures. Prior to this, the prehistorian held the Marsilius Lecture in the Old Aud

  10. Federal budget strengthens SPK (05.09.2025)

    Ackermann: Federal Government significantly strengthens the SPK - Thanks to Minister of State for Culture Weimer and the Bundestag Budget Committee The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be significantly strengthened in the 2025 federal budget. SPK President Marion Ackermann thanked Minister