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Archaeology competence centre opposite Museum Island Berlin celebrates topping-out ceremony (22.09.2010)

Today's topping-out ceremony for the new Archaeology Competence Centre in the presence of Ingeborg Berggreen-Merkel, Ministerial Director at the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, and Jan Mücke, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Building Ministry, marks a further s

German Cultural Heritage on the Road to Europe - Conference on 4 and 5 October at the Berlin State Library (30.09.2010)

Europe's cultural and scientific heritage is preserved in numerous national cultural institutions. The EU has launched the "Europeana" project to facilitate access to this heritage. The internet portal www.europeana.eu links to around 12 million digital objects to date and is set to be significantly

Works of "Degenerate Art" believed lost recovered from Berlin bomb rubble (08.11.2010)

During excavations in the historic centre of Berlin, archaeologists from the state of Berlin have found eleven sculptures that were confiscated from German museums in 1937 as part of the National Socialist "Degenerate Art" campaign. They are bronzes by Edwin Scharff, Otto Baum, Marg Moll, Gustav Hei

Antique helmet court case (09.12.2010)

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation hereby clarifies the following with regard to the proceedings being dealt with today at the Berlin Administrative Court for the return of an antique helmet: The foundation is keeping the antique helmet in its depot purely as an administrative aid for the pub

Change in the office of Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (20.12.2010)

The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, today unanimously elected Prof Dr Günther Schauerte as the new Vice-President of the SPK. Mr Schauerte is currently Deputy Director General of the National Museums in Berlin -

Students from the Cologne and Hanover music academies win the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation's classical music competition (15.01.2011)

The 2011 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition was won by soprano Anna Lucia Richter from the Cologne University of Music and Dance in the vocal category. In the brass ensemble category, this year's prize went to the "Schwerpunkt" quintet from the Hanover University of Music and Theatre. Around si

Sculpture in the National Gallery that was thought to have been lost during the war is found again (05.12.2011)

A 19th-century sculpture that had been thought lost since the end of the war has been found on the grounds of the American Academy in Berlin-Wannsee. It is owned by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and is part of the collection of the National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin. In 2

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition decided - Prize goes to cello-piano duo from the Hanover University of Music and Performing Arts (17.01.2010)

Tonight, the prize-winning duo Christine Rauh (cello) and Johannes Nies (piano) from the Hanover University of Music and Theatre, who won this year's Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition, will present themselves to the audience in the concert hall of the Berlin University of the Arts. Germany's o

Annual press conference 2010 (26.01.2010)

On 26 January 2010, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation provided information about its activities and plans for the coming year. The annual press conference also presented new projects, developments and exhibitions, reported on building projects and took stock of 2009. The following spoke: Her

Museum Island Berlin: Celebration of 10 years UNESCO World Heritage Site and reopening of the Colonnade Courtyard (04.06.2010)

On Sunday, 6 June 2010, the ceremony to mark the tenth anniversary of the inscription of the Museum Island Berlin on the UNESCO World Heritage List will take place at 11 a.m. in the newly restored rotunda of the Altes Museum. This will be followed by the reopening of the restored Colonnade Courtyard

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