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Hermann Parzinger on the decision of the public procurement chamber (11.09.2009)

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation considers the confusion surrounding the competition decision in favour of Franco Stella's design for the reconstruction of the Berlin Palace to be very regrettable. The collaboration with the architect to date has been extremely constructive and harmonious.

New: SPK magazine published for the first time (11.09.2009)

"Discover the SPK" is what Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, calls for in the editorial of the first SPK magazine, which was recently published. He says: "With the new magazine, we want to show the full diversity of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.

The "Forum Transregionale Studien" is founded (19.10.2009)

The "Forum Transregionale Studien" was founded on 16 October 2009 at the official residence of the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. It is based on a recommendation by the Berlin Science Commission, which sees this type of study as a special opportunity to raise Berlin's intern

Speech by Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (16.10.2009)

- The spoken word prevails - Honourable Federal Chancellor, Mr Governing Mayor, Mr Minister of State, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, esteemed guests, Today is a historic day for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, for Berlin and for the entire country. The occasion is no small one, for t

The Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island reopens (15.10.2009)

With a ceremony attended by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit and Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, the Neues Museum reopens its doors tomorrow for the first time in seventy years. From 17 October, the public is invited to visit the building, which was a war

New Museum honoured with the BDA Prize Berlin 2009 (12.10.2009)

On 9 October 2009, the BDA (Association of German Architects) Berlin Regional Association awarded the BDA Prize Berlin 2009 to the architectural firm David Chipperfield Architects and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as the client for the reconstruction of the Neues Museum on Museum Island

"German-Russian Library Initiative": First concrete projects to jointly research and make accessible book collections from German and Russian libraries that were relocated as a result of the war. (06.10.2009)

On 23 September 2009, on the initiative of the Rudomino Library for Foreign Literature and the Berlin State Library, German and Russian librarians met in Moscow for a round table discussion in order to strengthen professional cooperation and exchange between German and Russian libraries and also to

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation restitutes alabaster relief - whereabouts in the Berlin Sculpture Collection secured (30.11.2009)

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) recently returned a late medieval alabaster relief to the heiress of its former owner Harry Fuld Junior, the Magen David Adom UK (MDAUK), the English funding organisation of the Israeli aid organisation Red Star of David. However, the work, which was t

New director for the Berlin Museum of Asian Art (01.12.2009)

Dr Klaas Ruitenbeek will succeed Prof. Dr Willibald Veit, who retired yesterday, as Director of the Museum of Asian Art at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from the beginning of January 2010. Ruitenbeek, who was unanimously chosen by the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation,

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation receives the Innovation Award of the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry for the Museum Island (17.11.2009)

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, accepted the 2009 Innovation Award from Klaus Laepple, President of the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry, at the Tourism Summit yesterday evening. The Foundation received the award for its highly publicised

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