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Reopening of the Pergamon Museum: 4 June 2027 (04.05.2026)

You can find press images of the Pergamon Museum and other highlights on the following page: https://www.smb.museum/presse/pressemitteilungen/detail/museumsinsel-berlin-das-pergamonmuseum-kommt-zurueck-wiedereroeffnung-462027/ .

A glittering start to the year: Germany's oldest classical music competition takes place again in January (18.12.2014)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2015 organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2015 will be held in the fields of viola,

Parzinger on the corona crisis: All institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will suspend their public operations from Saturday (14 March 2020) until further notice (12.03.2020)

The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, explains the corona crisis: "The spread of the corona virus has also had a profound impact on Berlin's cultural life. The warnings of the medical profession to ensure that social contacts are reduced to an absolute minimu

A work by Eduard Gaertner believed to be lost returns to the Kupferstichkabinett (24.03.2022)

Work by Eduard Gaertner back in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - War loss turned up on the market - Consignor donated the work to the museum The work "Der Leipziger Platz in Berlin" (1862) by Eduard Gaertner recently returned to the Kupferstichkabinett. It was due to be a

On the purchase of the Hamburg railway station and the Rieckhallen (15.11.2022)

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, comments on the purchase of the Hamburg railway station and the associated Rieckhallen by the Federal Government and the State of Berlin: "What news: a great moment in cultural policy! It's great that the federal government a

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

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

Catalogue of the autograph collection of the former Prussian State Library in Krakow published: The result of a German-Polish co-operation (11.12.2007)

One of the most valuable collections of the former Prussian State Library, now the Berlin State Library, the Autographa Collection, has been catalogued after several years of intensive work and is now recorded in a comprehensive two-part catalogue (book and CD-ROM). The special feature of this catal

South Sea boat floats into the Humboldt Forum (29.05.2018)

The reconstruction of the Berlin Palace as the Humboldt Forum successfully passes an important milestone: on 29 May, the first major object from the National Museums in Berlin, the world's only airboat from Oceania, arrives on schedule in the exhibition hall on the first floor. Hans-Dieter Hegner, C

A Drua from the South Seas (05.11.2018)

In Fiji, a double-hulled sailing boat is produced for the junior areas in the Humboldt Forum A double-hulled boat from Fiji will also be on display at the Humboldt Forum. The so-called Drua is currently being built on the islands of Viti Levu and Ogea Levu in co-operation with the Fiji National Univ

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