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  1. German museums and exhibition centres continue their upward trend. Over 106 million museum visits in 2009 (30.11.2010)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 106,820,203 museum visits in 2009. This represents an increase of 1.9 per cent compared to 2008. The Institute for Museum Research at the National Museums in Berlin, an institution of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, in co-operation with the German Mu

  2. FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY UNIVERSITY COMPETITION 2013 (10.01.2013)

    From 2013, Kurt Masur will be the patron of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition Kurt Masur is the patron of this year's new Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition. Through his work and also through his role as President of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation Lei

  3. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2016 starts (05.01.2016)

    On 13 January 2016, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in this year's piano, trombone and string quartet categories will begin at Berlin University of the Arts. They are open to the public and admission is free. In the Mendelssohn piano category, the German Pianist Prize, endowed

  4. Visitor numbers to museums in Germany remain low in the second coronavirus year 2021 (03.01.2023)

    Overall statistical survey by the Institute for Museum Research shows Visitor numbers to museums and exhibition centres in Germany remained at around a third of the pre-pandemic level in the second year of coronavirus in 2021 The results of the Institute for Museum Research's overall statistical sur

  5. The "Rubensohn Library" of Elephantine: 4000 years of ancient Egyptian cultural history on papyri are now online (20.05.2015)

    A new research database makes the so-called "Rubensohn Library" of the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of the National Museums in Berlin accessible. As part of a research project, a total of around 800 documents have been restored and scientifically analysed over the past two years. As of tod

  6. Pianist Wataru Hisasue wins the Mendelssohn Prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition and the German Pianist Prize 2016 (16.01.2016)

    Yesterday evening, the winners of this year's Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition were announced at a concert at the Berlin University of the Arts. The first prize winner in the vocal ensemble category in 2015, the Voktett Hannover, performed the impressive musical programme. This yea

  7. Off to the Humboldt Forum: Ethnological Museum and Museum of Asian Art present themselves at the Open Construction Site Day this weekend (09.06.2016)

    A palace without an emperor, the flaming Buddha, a mysterious totem pole - stories like these will be told at the Humboldt Forum in future. This coming weekend, the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin will once again take visitors on a journey into the f

  8. ATTENTION: NEW LOCATION FOR PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE MUSEUM OF THE 20TH CENTURY ON 3 SEPTEMBER 2015 (02.09.2015)

    The press conference on the launch of the ideas competition for the Museum of the 20th Century on 3 September 2015 at 10 a.m. will take place NOT in the foyer of the Kulturforum but in the Curt-Sachs-Saal of the State Institute for Music Research Prussian Cultural Heritage Tiergartenstraße 1 entranc

  9. Konzerthausorchester Berlin at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2018 - advance ticket sales start (05.12.2017)

    The concerts of the competition, which will be held in the piano and composition categories in 2018, will take place on 20 and 21 January 2018. The prizewinners will perform with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Corinna Niemeyer at the end of the competition. Around 60 students

  10. The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2025: A highlight for talented young violinists and piano trio players (19.12.2024)

    The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2025 will take place from 15 to 19 January. This year, Germany's oldest competition for young talent in classical music will be held in the violin and piano trio categories. Ulf Werner, orchestra director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, will