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Museums in Germany reported a total of 112,807,633 museum visits in 2012. This represents an increase of 2.9 per cent compared to 2011 and is the highest number of visits since the survey of visit figures began in 1981. These figures have now been published in the overall statistical survey of museu

Museums in Germany reported a total of 109,581,613 museum visits in 2011. This represents an increase of 0.35 per cent compared to 2010, and is once again the highest number of visits since the survey began in 1981. The results are part of the overall statistical survey of museums and exhibition cen

museum4punkt0 – Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future The museum4punkt0 joint project networked institutions of different sizes and orientations. The partners developed digital offerings for new ways of learning, experiencing and participating in museums. The aim of the project was to supp

The Ethnological Museum with its two locations in the Humboldt Forum and in Dahlem will have a new director from mid-January The current Director of the Ethnological Collection of the Museum Natur und Mensch in Freiburg, Tina Brüderlin, will in future head the Ethnological Museum of the National Mus

Virtually penetrating the forest floor or travelling across the moon, experiencing carnival all year round or discovering the hidden sides of paintings: The "museum4punkt0" project, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) with 15 million euros, is developing dig

Parzinger on the corona crisis: Museums will close to the public from Monday (2 November) until the end of the month - archives and libraries will remain open under certain conditions The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, explains the corona crisis: "The numb

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Musikinstrumenten-Museum are finally open to the public again. They are wooing visitors with 21 different advertisements around the city and on social media. The hygienic measures imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic are gradually being lifted, and

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its museums are taking part in the "Berlin Says Thank You!" campaign day in recognition of the voluntary commitment of Berliners in helping refugees: the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum and the Musical Instrument Museum are offering free admission and f

The painting "Dragoner-Regiment von Borke Nr 7" (1864) by Friedrich Wilhelm Meyerheim was kept in the Nationalgalerie as so-called foreign property and was also published as such. In the course of research by the Deutsches Historisches Museum (DHM), it has now been clearly identified as belonging to

German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) for Museum Professionals, 2017–2019 The German/American exchange program PREP was set up jointly by the SPK and the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose was to create a strategic network of provenance researchers in museums in both countrie