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  1. Four Baroque paintings returned from the Berlin Picture Gallery (03.07.2006)

    Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returned four paintings from the 18th century. The paintings were handed over to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for restoration in 1942 via an art dealer, but were not collected again despite repeated requests. From then on, they were kept in the col

  2. New directors for the SPK: Anette Hüsch comes to the Alte Nationalgalerie, Antje Scherner to the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art (09.07.2024)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is becoming more female - this was confirmed by the Board of Trustees on Monday with its personnel decisions: Dr Anette Hüsch, currently Director of the Kunsthalle zu Kiel, will take over as Director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Be

  3. The Tehran Collection. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Berlin (06.09.2016)

    From 4 December 2016, the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will be offering an insight into the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) in the Gemäldegalerie. The collection is unique in its composition and history: not only does it have one of the largest holdi

  4. Mourning for Edmund de Unger - internationally renowned collector of Islamic art (15.02.2011)

    Edmund de Unger, whose private collection in the field of Islamic art, known internationally as the Keir Collection, achieved worldwide significance, died on 25 January 2011 in Ham near London at the age of 92. Edmund de Unger was laid to rest today in Richmond / London with great sympathy from inte

  5. Haus Bastian on Berlin's Museum Island is being officially handed over to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today. From the summer, forward-looking educational concepts of the National Museums in Berlin will be developed and trialled there. (12.03.2019)

    During the ceremonial handover of the keys, Foundation President Hermann Parzinger and Director General Michael Eissenhauer thanked Céline, Heiner and Aeneas Bastian for their extraordinarily generous gift. The building on Kupfergraben, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, has been dedicated t

  6. New COVID-19 protective measures: Museums close from 2 November (30.10.2020)

    Parzinger on the corona crisis: Museums will close to the public from Monday (2 November) until the end of the month - archives and libraries will remain open under certain conditions The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, explains the corona crisis: "The numb

  7. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation mourns the death of Wolf-Dieter Dube (10.09.2015)

    Long-standing Director General of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin passes away at the age of 81 - Parzinger: architect of the museum landscape in reunified Berlin Wolf-Dieter Dube, the long-serving Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, has died. He died in Berlin on Wednesday at the age

  8. Contract signed: Tehran Modernism comes to Berlin in December (12.05.2016)

    Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation signs contract with Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art / Parzinger thanks Minister of State for Culture, Federal Foreign Office, Ministry of Finance and Bundestag / Steinmeier: Dialogue with Iranian society / Grütters: Spectacular insights / Kruse: Enriching live

  9. International Day of Provenance Research (08.05.2026)

    WITH REGISTRATION, ADMISSION FREE (some offers subject to charge) The 8th International Day of Provenance Research will take place on 8 April 2026. On this day, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will offer insights into the topics and work of provenance research within their museums and institutions.

  10. Agreement between the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the heirs of the Mosse family on sculpture confiscated as a result of persecution (01.12.2016)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today returned the sculpture "Susanna" by Reinhold Begas to the heirs of Felicia Lachmann-Mosse. The work will initially remain on loan to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. It is currently on display in the rotunda on the second exhibition floor of the Alte N