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  1. Philipp Demandt becomes new director of the Alte Nationalgalerie (11.10.2011)

    The art historian Philipp Demandt will take over as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz on 2 January 2012. Philipp Demandt, born in 1971, studied art history, classical archaeology and journalism and completed his doctorate in 2001 at th

  2. The Museum Berggruen is becoming more active, more diverse and more independent / The Berggruen family will support the Museum Berggruen with one million euros a year from 2025 (10.09.2021)

    The Museum Berggruen of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, which belongs to the SPK, will significantly expand its programme work and gain greater independence for this purpose. In order to make this possible, the Berggruen family will support the museum with one million euros a year once the refurbis

  3. Parzinger to save the Rieckhallen: A milestone for the home base of contemporary art (23.09.2021)

    SPK President happy and grateful about agreement between the state of Berlin and CA Immo - Director of Hamburger Bahnhof: Great prospects for the museum of the 21st century The state of Berlin intends to acquire the Rieckhallen at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum der Gegenwart - Berlin. This is provided f

  4. From 2020: Schinkel in the Friedrichswerder Church (11.10.2019)

    Friedrichswerder Church reopens its doors - open days after years of renovation work - presentation of the Alte Nationalgalerie from next year The renovation of the Friedrichswerder Church designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel has been completed. From the second quarter of 2020, the Prussian Cultural

  5. Lehmann becomes honorary professor at Humboldt University (21.02.2006)

    Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, has been appointed Honorary Professor of Library and Information Science at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He will devote himself in particular to the reorganisation of the chair in the areas of digital libraries, link

  6. Museum commission reiterates conservation concerns about the loan of Nefertiti (20.04.2007)

    The Museum Commission of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, a body of independent experts, firmly opposes the naive and disrespectful view of CulturCooperation to send Nefertiti on tour like a pop star without regard for conservation care and responsibility. The 3000-year-old Nefertiti must

  7. Annual reception and focal points of the SPK in 2026 (27.02.2026)

    Annual reception at the James-Simon-Galerie - Ackermann: We offer a strong programme and face challenges - good visitor balance 2025 - focus on educational and mediation work Almost 300 guests from politics, culture, science, business, tourism and society attended the annual reception of the Prussia

  8. Symposium on 11 and 12 December 2008 in Berlin. "Taking responsibility. Nazi-looted art - a challenge for museums, libraries and archives" (11.12.2008)

    Introductory lecture by Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: "Ways to more responsibility. Dealing with Nazi-looted art 10 years after Washington" - The spoken word prevails - The prehistory Since those dark days of National Socialist rule in our country, public

  9. IAI Strengthens Its Voice in Global Library Discourse (03.02.2026)

    At the beginning of 2026, Dr. Christoph Müller (IAI) assumed the position of Deputy Chair of the German National Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Through this appointment, the IAI strengthens its international presence. Dr. Müller was elected

  10. Lost in the war - now back in the Kunstgewerbemuseum: Permoser's ivory group "Hercules and Omphale" (31.07.2007)

    The twenty-two centimetre high group of figures "Hercules and Omphale", carved out of ivory by the Baroque sculptor Balthasar Permoser around 1700, returned to its original place in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts after decades of loss. The work had initially come to the Berlin Kunstkammer in 1