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  1. Berlin: City of the Future - City of Knowledge Discussion event in the Year of Science 2015 - City of the Future (20.10.2015)

    With its numerous scientific and cultural institutions, Berlin sets the standard for new developments in the digital world. Modern information and communication technologies, embedded systems and the "Internet of Things" are opening up new opportunities for Berlin as a "city of the future". As part

  2. Change in the office of Director General of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and Director of the Nationalgalerie (31.10.2008)

    The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, and the President of the Foundation, Prof Dr Hermann Parzinger, today bid farewell to Prof Dr Peter-Klaus Schuster as Director General of the National Museums in Berlin an

  3. Federal Ministry of Economics supports SPK with brand development and fundraising strategy (21.08.2009)

    As part of the Federal Government's "Cultural and Creative Industries Initiative", the Federal Ministry of Economics is supporting the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation's plan to improve its income situation through new approaches and structures and to generate more of its own funds in the long

  4. Friends of the Museum Berggruen founded - plans to expand the museum (16.07.2007)

    The "Förderkreis Museum Berggruen Berlin e.V." was recently founded with the aim of further promoting and expanding the museum, which is part of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, through civic engagement. The founding members are Heinz Berggruen's heirs - his widow Bettina and his children

  5. Knowledge archives in dialogue with science and society (10.12.2010)

    Conference organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as part of the Berlin Year of Science 2010 "Berlin - Capital for Science" On 9 and 10 December 2010, the conference "Knowledge Archives in Dialogue with Science and Society" took place at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. As an institut

  6. New centre for provenance research and investigation established (15.11.2007)

    On 1 January 2008, the newly founded Office for Provenance Research at the Institute for Museum Research of the National Museums in Berlin will begin its work. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: "This step has been necessary for a long time. I am delighted

  7. Private sponsor supports the Museum of Islamic Art's digitisation project as part of the planned "Islamic Art Online" portal (30.01.2012)

    The National Museums in Berlin of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the art patron Yousef Jameel recently signed a contract to finance the digitisation, cataloguing and virtual preparation of large parts of the Museum of Islamic Art's collection. The generous funding from Yousef Jameel w

  8. Purchase of two watercolours by Wilhelm Lehmbruck - both works previously restituted to the heiress of the former owner Paul Westheim (27.01.2012)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recently transferred ownership of the two watercolours "Susanna" (1914) and "Mother and Child" (1918) by Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881-1919) to the heiress of the art critic and collector Paul Westheim, Dr Margit Frenk. The works were purchased by the Prussian Cul

  9. 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

  10. Concrete steps agreed for the reform of the SPK - Parzinger on today's decision by the Foundation Board: "The SPK of the future will be different. Today's decision by the SPK Foundation Board marks a milestone." (29.06.2021)

    Based on the recommendations of the SPK Reform Commission, the SPK Foundation Board today adopted the key points of the structural reform. The autonomy of the museums, libraries, archives and research institutions belonging to the SPK is to be significantly strengthened. At the same time, they are t