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  1. The date is set – Pergamonmuseum returns on June 4, 2027! (04.05.2026)

    First day open to the public at the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin: June 4, 2027 – Pergamon Altar, Islamic Art Collection and highlights from Babylonia will be presented in new display – Group bookings availa-ble from 1st of July, 2026 The Pergamon Museum, located on Berlin’s Museum Island – a UNESCO Worl

  2. Creating opportunities together

    13.05.2026 Creating opportunities together Why the games industry and cultural heritage organisations are working together Article Much more than mindless gaming: as collectables, subjects of academic study and a medium for imparting knowledge, computer games have long been a focus of cultural herit

  3. Keep your mouth shut and listen carefully

    03.02.2017 Keep your mouth shut and listen carefully Article The end of the cosy atmosphere: Bernd Kluge from the Münzkabinett on struggles over resources and existential fears following the fall of the Berlin Wall. After the fall of the Wall, changes reached the museum rather quickly too. The full-

  4. Elephantine (30.03.2026)

    An interview with Verena Lepper, curator of the new special exhibition “Elephantine” at the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection – State Museums of Berlin, which will be on display on Berlin’s Museum Island from the end of April.

  5. Elephantine (30.03.2026)

    An interview with Verena Lepper, curator of the new special exhibition “Elephantine” at the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection – State Museums of Berlin, which will be on display on Berlin’s Museum Island from the end of April.

  6. Delve into the depths of the SPK’s collection histories – at the eighth Provenance Research Day on 8 April 2026 (26.03.2026)

    A rediscovered Madonna, the history of the sculpture collection, the networks of Surrealism, talking mats, and the responsible handling of human remains – all of this is linked to the work of provenance researchers. On 8 April, they will be talking about it. This year marks the eighth edition of Int

  7. By train and bus to the island: SPK x Flix (10.03.2026)

    The mobility partnership between SPK and Flix is extended: ten specially branded Flix buses advertise the 200th anniversary of the Museum Island Berlin - special giveaways for customers At the start of the celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of Museum Island Berlin, the mobility provider Flix

  8. Off to the East with laundry baskets

    02.02.2017 Off to the East with laundry baskets Article Suddenly in pole position: Dagmar Droysen-Reber on the new role of the State Institute for Music Research at the Kulturforum following the fall of the Berlin Wall. You know, on the day the Wall was opened, I’ll be perfectly honest with you, I s

  9. Found in the United States: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recovers Egyptian stele that had been lost since the Second World War (30.05.2017)

    Valuable faience stele resurfaced in Michigan after seventy years during research work / Parzinger thanks American museum for great gesture A valuable Egyptian object that recently returned to Berlin can be seen again in the Neues Museum on Museum Island from mid-June. The upper part of a faience st

  10. Speech by Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (16.10.2009)

    - The spoken word prevails - Honourable Federal Chancellor, Mr Governing Mayor, Mr Minister of State, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, esteemed guests, Today is a historic day for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, for Berlin and for the entire country. The occasion is no small one, for t