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  1. Why museums should not bow to pressure from interest groups (26.03.2026)

    3sat and the SPK had organised an evening event on trust in museums: it sparked a wide-ranging discussion on neutrality, freedom and democratic civic culture

  2. New management of the German Digital Library (06.11.2025)

    The DDB has a new head of office, Dr Martin Breuer, from the first of December Gero Dimter, Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Deputy Director of the German Digital Library, explains: "We would like to thank Dr Julia Spohr for her work and wish her every success in her n

  3. "Humboldt Forum. Das Projekt / The Project": Thomas Flierl and Hermann Parzinger present their new publication (06.07.2009)

    Over the next few years, the Humboldt Forum, a new type of cultural and knowledge centre, will be built on Schlossplatz in Berlin's historic centre. The new book, published by "Theater der Zeit", provides a comprehensive history of the Humboldt Forum project. It outlines the current state of plannin

  4. More space for books, newspapers and photos - foundation stone laid for SPK's storage magazine in Berlin-Friedrichshagen (02.09.2009)

    Today, in the presence of Ingeborg Berggreen-Merkel, Head of Department at the BKM, and Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Building, the foundation stone is laid for the storage centre of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in the Friedrichshagen district of Be

  5. I bleed, therefore I am (26.03.2026)

    The exhibition “Läuft” at the MEK examines menstruation as a cultural phenomenon. Writer Julia Völcker visited the exhibition – and was surprised by the taboos and stigmas that persist to this day.

  6. I bleed, therefore I am (26.03.2026)

    The exhibition “Läuft” at the MEK examines menstruation as a cultural phenomenon. Writer Julia Völcker visited the exhibition – and was surprised by the taboos and stigmas that persist to this day.

  7. The bust of Nefertiti (24.01.2011)

    Recently, Dr Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of the Republic of Egypt, sent a letter to Prof Dr Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, requesting the return of the bust of Nefertiti. The letter is not signed by the Prime Minist

  8. Hermann Parzinger on the subject of the Gemäldegalerie's move to the Museum Island (24.02.2014)

    Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, comments on the statements made by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters on the subject of the Gemäldegalerie's relocation to Museum Island (interview, Berliner Morgenpost, 23 February 2014): "I welcome the fact that

  9. Hermann Parzinger elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (25.04.2014)

    Following his election to the American Philosophical Society last year, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, is now also a member (Foreign Honorary Member) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1780, the Academy is one of the oldest learned so

  10. 1772 – 1945 – 1983: Seehandlung/Staatsbank – Altbank – Foundation (26.03.2026)

    The Seehandlung was initially intended to be an institution similar to the Dutch East India Company, but later developed into the Prussian State Bank and now supports the cultural scene as a foundation.