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  1. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and National Museums in Berlin honour Heinz Berggruen on the tenth anniversary of his death (22.02.2017)

    The great collector and patron Heinz Berggruen died in Paris on 23 February 2007. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the National Museums in Berlin commemorate the honorary citizen of Berlin with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Dahlem Forest Cemetery. On the tenth anniversary of his death

  2. Joachim Jäger appointed Deputy Director of the National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin. Andreas Richter becomes the new Head of the Collection Development Department of the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage (12.12.2011)

    At its meeting on 9 December 2011, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation unanimously elected Dr Joachim Jäger as the new Deputy Director of the Nationalgalerie and Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Jäger, born in Munich in 1963, hol

  3. Marzona art collection remains in Berlin, close collaboration with archive in Dresden (22.06.2016)

    Grütters: Berlin and Dresden benefit from the collector's generosity. Parzinger: The Marzona Art Collection will remain an integral part of the future Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. Cooperation between SPK and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden to be expanded. Egidio Marzona's collec

  4. 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

  5. Hamburger Bahnhof: Contract with Friedrich Christian Flick Collection ends in September 2021 (24.04.2020)

    Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and Staatliche Museen zu Berlin deeply regret the termination - Parzinger: 17 years of outstanding cooperation have made Hamburger Bahnhof a hotspot of contemporary art - Eissenhauer: Friedrich Christian Flick has also rendered outstanding services to the Staatlich

  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. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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