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  1. Outstanding late Gothic Madonna figure acquired for Berlin sculpture collection (25.05.2009)

    With the support of the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz recently acquired a "Mother of God Enthroned" for the sculpture collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. We invite you to the ceremonial handover in the Basilica of

  2. Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the Colombian ethnologist and ethnolinguist Juan A. Echeverri (29.01.2015)

    Guest of Freie Universität Berlin and the Ibero-American Institute researches knowledge transfer in the Amazon region in Berlin. The Colombian ethnologist and ethnolinguist Prof Dr Juan A. Echeverri receives the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, endowe

  3. The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in Composition have been announced (16.12.2013)

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts Following the great success of last year's reorientation, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Univers

  4. Visitor figures for the museums in 2005 (21.12.2006)

    The Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz, together with the German Museums Association, has published the overall statistical survey of museums in the Federal Republic of Germany for the year 2005. The survey provides information on visitor number

  5. With more than 109 million visits in 2006, interest in museums and exhibition centres remains high (21.12.2007)

    The Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz has statistically analysed the visitor figures collected at museums throughout Germany as well as other data for 2006 and published them in a publication. Museums in Germany recorded a total of 102,645,078

  6. Growing interest in museums and exhibition centres in Germany: over 113 million visits in 2007 (06.10.2008)

    The Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz has completed and analysed the statistical survey of visitor numbers to museums in the Federal Republic of Germany for 2007. Museums in Germany had a total of 107,303,946 visits in 2007. Compared to 2006, t

  7. 'Notturno' - Summer open air in the garden of the Museum Berggruen A trio from the DSO will play works by Bruch, Françaix, Mozart and Smit on 16 June (09.06.2017)

    The chamber concert series 'Notturno' will conclude its season in the open air on 16 June. An ensemble from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin will perform trio compositions for clarinet, viola and piano by Max Bruch, Jean Françaix, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Leo Smit in the garden of the Mus

  8. Provenance Research Day at the SPK: Virtual exhibition and online event with provenance researchers (13.04.2021)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin will once again be taking part in the third International Day of Provenance Research on 14 April - with a virtual exhibition, a digital discussion with provenance researchers and new content on the websites. The virtual exhibition "S

  9. Portal on coins of the Ostrogoths launched (17.02.2025)

    Together with international partners, the Münzkabinett Berlin has set up a new digital type catalogue on the coinage of the Ostrogoths in Italy, the OCOI - Online Coinage of Ostrogothic Italy. For the first time, the digital catalogue allows freely available research within the coinage of the Ostrog

  10. Restitution of a lost painting to the SPK (23.09.2025)

    On 23 September, the Belgian House of Representatives returned a painting by Friedrich Nerly to the SPK. It belonged to the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and was previously considered a loss as a result of the Second World War The painting "SS. Giovanni e