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The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 (20.01.2014)

The 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 ended with an impressive concert on Sunday. At the weekend, the winners of this year's Felix

How do you actually build for the cultural audience of tomorrow? (07.11.2019)

Architecture summit on the "Blue Sofa": Sir David Chipperfield, Jacques Herzog, Regine Leibinger, HG Merz and Franco Stella in conversation with Vivian Perkovic - On 19 November 2019 from 7 pm in the new James-Simon-Galerie on Berlin's Museum Island - TV broadcast on 19 November 2019 from 11:10 pm o

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation restitutes four works by Munch and Kirchner to the heirs of Prof Dr Curt Glaser (30.11.2012)

Following extensive historical research, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the heirs of Prof Dr Curt Glaser have agreed on the return of four works from the former collection of Prof Dr Curt Glaser to his heirs. Prof Dr Curt Glaser, a medical doctor, prominent art historian, art critic,

Cultural contacts: "Notturno" chamber concert at the Museum of European Cultures (17.04.2015)

The Anamyktos Quartet will perform the last "Notturno" chamber concert of the current season on 24 April at the Museum of European Cultures of the National Museums in Dahlem. With a programme of works by Russian composers, the musicians of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin will enter into a d

Personnel changes on the Board of Trustees: Reinhard Altenhöner joins the State Library - Michael Eissenhauer also takes over the Picture Gallery - Contract with Udo Kittelmann extended (25.06.2015)

The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, today unanimously made far-reaching personnel decisions for the Berlin State Library and the National Museums in Berlin. Reinhard Altenhöner has been appointed Permanent Depu

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation restitutes work from the Haussmann Collection / Repurchase secures its place in the Kupferstichkabinett (06.01.2016)

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recently returned a work from the Kupferstichkabinett to the heiress of art collector Dr Fritz Haussmann. However, the allegorical drawing of the 18th century architect Jean Baptiste Broebes will remain in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, which acquired it f

Topping-out ceremony in Friedrichshagen (24.04.2023)

Depot location of the National Museums in Berlin takes shape Berlin. In Berlin-Friedrichshagen, under the direction of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) and on behalf of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), a multifunctional depot building is being built for the

Ground-breaking ceremony for the Museum of the 20th Century (03.12.2019)

The ground-breaking ceremony for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century took place today in the presence of Monika Grütters, Minister of State for Culture, and Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin. The event on the construction site of the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Strasse is a milesto

Restitution and purchase of the sculpture "Resting Woman" by Fritz Huf (28.03.2022)

SPK restitutes sculpture by Fritz Huf to the heiress of Hans (Jean) Fürstenberg - SPSG purchases work for the park of Schönhausen Palace On 5 April 2022, the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) will hand over the bronze sculpture "Resting Woman", creat

Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz mourns the death of Egidio Marzona (16.03.2026)

The Italian art collector and patron Egidio Marzona (born 1944 in Bielefeld) passed away on 15 March 2026 surrounded by his family and friends in Berlin. This was announced by his family today. For more than 50 years, Marzona amassed one of the most extensive collections of 20th century art. Parts o

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