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Unforgotten: Eduard and Johanna Arnhold (26.03.2026)

Through their patronage, Johanna and Eduard Arnhold made a significant contribution to Berlin’s cultural life. Their generous work was erased from the collective memory by the Nazis. The SPK feels a special connection to the memory of the Arnholds.

Speech by the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Klaus-Dieter Lehmann on the occasion of the opening of the Bode Museum (17.10.2006)

Ladies and Gentlemen, When Kaiser Wilhelm II opened the museum on 18 October 1904, it was a rainy day, with uniforms, gowns and medal necklaces providing the colourful backdrop. Today we had glorious imperial weather, but the imperial era is long gone. The opening today is ennobled by the words of w

Philipp Demandt becomes new director of the Alte Nationalgalerie (11.10.2011)

The art historian Philipp Demandt will take over as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz on 2 January 2012. Philipp Demandt, born in 1971, studied art history, classical archaeology and journalism and completed his doctorate in 2001 at th

Deutsche Post's "Nefertiti" and "Ishtar Gate" special stamps to be presented at the Neues Museum today (28.01.2013)

The two special postage stamps "Nefertiti" and "Ishtar Gate" were issued at the beginning of the year as part of Deutsche Post's "Treasures from German museums" series. They show two outstanding archaeological objects from the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection and the Museum of the Ancient Near

Parzinger: We are not simply switching off Dahlem (09.01.2017)

Thousands visit the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art last weekend The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, has given a positive assessment of the closing weekend for the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art in Dahlem. Before both museum

Another significant increase in the number of visits to German museums - over 112 million museum visits in 2012 (16.12.2013)

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

Restitution of a drawing by Jakob Philipp Hackert from the Kupferstichkabinett (30.04.2019)

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returns the drawing to the heirs of the previous Jewish owner - the work was sold in 1939 in an emergency situation - English version: please find PDF below German text - Yesterday, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation handed over the ink brush drawing "Auf

Cost and planning certainty: ground-breaking ceremony for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century this autumn (17.09.2019)

Parzinger: Great opportunity for the Kulturforum - Thanks to Minister of State for Culture Grütters, Federal Minister of Finance Scholz and the budget holders of the Bundestag: "Path of clarity taken" - Herzog: Museum will be the centrepiece of the Kulturforum The ground-breaking ceremony for the Na

The Museum Berggruen is becoming more active, more diverse and more independent / The Berggruen family will support the Museum Berggruen with one million euros a year from 2025 (10.09.2021)

The Museum Berggruen of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, which belongs to the SPK, will significantly expand its programme work and gain greater independence for this purpose. In order to make this possible, the Berggruen family will support the museum with one million euros a year once the refurbis

Starting signal for the refurbishment and extension of the Pergamonmuseum (27.02.2006)

With a unanimous decision by the representatives of the federal government and the state of Berlin on the board of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the future design of the Pergamon Museum, the visitor guidance and the presentation of the collections have now been finalised, including the

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