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  1. "museum4punkt0": Sub-project perspectives of three-dimensional visualisations in museum communication (08.05.2017)

    "museum4punkt0 - Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future" starts today. The Deutsches Museum is involved with the sub-project "Perspectives of three-dimensional visualisations in museum communication". The German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology is the world's largest technol

  2. Lowtech - Sustainable solutions sought at SPK (27.01.2022)

    Competition announced for the basic renovation and expansion of the plaster moulding shop On 25 January 2022, the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, on behalf of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, announced the competition for the basic restoration and extension of the plaste

  3. New Director General of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and new Director of the Nationalgalerie elected (18.12.2007)

    The Board of Trustees today unanimously elected Dr Michael Eissenhauer as the future Director General of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK). On 1 November 2008, he will succeed Prof. Dr Peter-Klaus Schuster, who will retire at the end of October 2008. The Bo

  4. US proceedings concerning the Guelph Treasure: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation files motion to dismiss lawsuit (30.10.2015)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is of the opinion that the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure is unfounded and cannot be brought before a U.S. court. - English version: please find PDF below German text - In February of this year, a lawsuit for the return of the Guelph Treasure w

  5. In memoriam: Cees Nooteboom – A Literary Traveler and Longtime Friend of the IAI (13.02.2026)

    A companion on our journey has passed: Cees Nooteboom, the unmistakable Dutch writer, traveler, and chronicler of Ibero-American worlds, died in February 2026 at the age of 92. His encounters with the IAI were far more than lectures—they were moments of genuine dialogue, marked by curiosity and cult

  6. Ludwig Unter den Linden, Karl Friedrich in the church and Claudia at the Kulturforum - the highlights of 2020 were presented at the SPK's annual reception (05.02.2020)

    This year, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is preparing for the reopening of the Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden and the handover of the keys to the Neue Nationalgalerie. As SPK President Hermann Parzinger said at the traditional annual reception in the James-Simon-Galerie, the Staatsbib

  7. Continuation of the basic refurbishment of the Pergamonmuseum - closure of the building from October 2023 (27.03.2023)

    Basic refurbishment continues in the south wing - museums remain open despite closure Berlin. The Pergamon Museum on Museum Island Berlin will be completely closed to visitors from 23 October 2023. This step is necessary so that the basic refurbishment as part of the "Museum Island Masterplan" can c

  8. Museums from Africa and Europe break new ground: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Humboldt Forum support international conference in Dakar (28.04.2023)

    Museum directors from 38 African and European countries agree to establish a network, an ongoing discussion on the role of museums and cultural heritage and joint travelling exhibitions - Parzinger: "It's about a new relationship At a conference initiated and supported by the SPK, the Ethnological M

  9. SPK Deputy Director Gero Dimter is to become spokesperson for the board of the German Digital Library (20.05.2026)

    The German Digital Library has a new leadership team: Gero Dimter, Vice-President of the SPK, has been elected spokesperson for the Executive Board. Prof. Dr Patricia Rahemipour (Director of the Institute for Museum Research, SPK) has been appointed as one of the deputy spokespersons. This decision

  10. Ceremonial event "Loss and Restitution" on 30 October 2008, speech by Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and spokesman for the "German-Russian Museum Dialogue" (30.10.2008)

    - The spoken word prevails - Salutations, In the long shared history of Germany and Russia, the past 20th century was undoubtedly a special one with very dark but also brighter days. There was unimaginable suffering and inconceivable crimes that emanated from German soil and were committed in German