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  1. Reopening of the State Library (08.12.2020)

    From 1 February 2021, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin will welcome its users to the splendidly renovated building on Unter den Linden - opening ceremony on 25 January with a speech by Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble Completely renovated and modernised, equipped with a general and six reading ro

  2. Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath take over the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin (10.09.2021)

    The founders of the multidisciplinary curatorial platform Art Reoriented will take up their posts on 1 January 2022 - Grütters: Fellrath and Bardaouil will provide groundbreaking impetus for Hamburger Bahnhof - Parzinger: Curator duo will achieve great things for contemporary art in Berlin At its me

  3. Signal for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century: The Gerhard Richter Art Foundation and the SPK conclude a long-term loan agreement for 100 works (08.11.2021)

    Gerhard Richter is donating an extensive collection of 100 works to the Nationalgalerie for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century. From 2023, works by the artist will initially be on display in the Neue Nationalgalerie and later in the new building at the Kulturforum - also in cooperation

  4. SPK restitutes six volumes from the State Library to the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria (23.03.2023)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recently restituted six books from the holdings of the Berlin State Library to the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria. The volumes come from the Jewish Community's former Cossmann Werner Library, which once comprised more than 10,000 volumes. As pa

  5. Restrictions on Europe's cultural heritage institutions overcome by EU biocide regulation - SPK achieves national re-legalisation of in-situ-generated nitrogen to combat pest infestations (24.08.2023)

    Insects threaten precious cultural assets worldwide. Since the publication of "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson in 1962, which documented the detrimental effects of pesticide use on the environment, more sustainable pest control technologies have been researched and developed. In recent decades, more

  6. Thinking plants: 4A_Lab Academy sheds light on interdependencies between humans and plants (30.10.2024)

    From 4 to 8 November 2024, the 4A_Lab invites you to the interdisciplinary academy "Ecological Entanglements across Collections - Plant Lives and Beyond" in Berlin. In dialogue with researchers, experts and an interested audience, ways of thinking about plant and non-human life forms will be examine

  7. SPK today handed over a statue from the Alte Nationalgalerie to the Centre national des arts plastiques in Paris (16.12.2024)

    The life-size figure "Le Drame Lyrique", also known as the "Violinist", once adorned the foyer of the Opéra Comique. Until 1932, the work by French sculptor Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900) was displayed in the foyer of the third oldest theatre institution in Paris. After being transferred to the Mus

  8. Berlin's most beautiful summer venue: the Kolonnaden Bar on Museum Island reopens (04.06.2025)

    SPK, the Berlin Vagabund Brewery and visitBerlin start the new season together - with over 50 free events and the island beer "Wissensdurst" - Kolonnaden-Bar opens between 5 June and 31 August 2025 Wednesdays to Sundays from 12 noon or 2 pm to 10 pm. The new Kolonnaden Bar on the southern bank of th

  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. Reform of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation finalised (01.12.2025)

    New SPK Act in force - Foundation Board elects Executive Board - Articles of Association and Rules of Procedure approved Weimer: SPK becomes future-proof and even more efficient - Ackermann: New Board of Directors will be responsible for the overall strategic direction in future The new law for the