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  1. Scientific research confirms art-scientific image analysis - A relief from the Egyptian Museum Berlin and the current DNA analysis of the mummy of Tutankhamun (17.02.2010)

    The results of the DNA analysis of Tutankhamun's mummy just published by Zahi Hawass, Director General of the Egyptian Antiquities Authority, have a direct connection to the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection in Berlin. One of the most famous exhibits is the relief "Walk in the Garden", c. 1330

  2. En vogue: "Notturno" chamber concert at the Kunstgewerbemuseum on 27 November Works by Nielsen and Glasunow at the House of Art, Fashion and Design (24.11.2015)

    On 27 November, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will open the sixth season of their joint chamber concert series "Notturno" at the Museum of Decorative Arts. The delightful combination of a night-time concert with musicians from the DSO and a gu

  3. Museum of the 20th Century: Participation competition for the realisation competition begins (18.04.2016)

    Call for proposals published in the Official Journal of the European Union: We are looking for 15 teams of architects and landscape architects The process for the new construction of the Museum of the 20th Century at Berlin's Kulturforum is entering the next round. The invitation to tender for the p

  4. Parzinger: Now the Kulturforum can become the Museum Island of Modernism (14.11.2019)

    Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approves cost plan for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century The cost plan for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin was approved today at the German Bundestag's budget committee meeting to finalis

  5. Electronic music from the roof of the Bode Museum - Parzinger: "We are in solidarity with the Berlin club scene (03.07.2020)

    "SPOT // berlin art sessions": One-hour DJ set - top location of the National Museums in Berlin - streamed film The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its National Museums in Berlin are launching the "SPOT // berlin art sessions" project together with GERMAN ARTS. Electronic club music meets

  6. Benin bronzes: Agreement for repatriation still in 2022 (28.06.2022)

    SPK President Parzinger: Objects should be returned to Nigeria "as quickly as possible" - Long-term loans at the Humboldt Forum An agreement on the transfer of ownership and loans for the so-called Benin bronzes in the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin is to be

  7. How do we build the future?" Annual report 2021 describes the internal change at SPK (30.06.2022)

    The 2021 Annual Report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has just been published. SPK President Hermann Parzinger writes in the editorial that the past twelve months have been characterised above all by "a longing for normality". Despite the pandemic-related impositions, many visitors onc

  8. SPK co-operates with Moroccan museum foundation (15.01.2026)

    Marion Ackermann signs Memorandum of Understanding with Fondation Nationale des Musées in Rabat - collaboration planned for research, capacity building and exhibitions The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation intends to work more closely with Moroccan museums in the future. During a visit to Rabat

  9. Leni Riefenstahl's estate: research results, digitisation and exhibition (29.01.2026)

    The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz has been cataloguing and researching Leni Riefenstahl's extensive estate for several years. Initial results from sub-projects are now available online; from 22 May 2026, the examination of the estate will also be visible in an exhibition at the Museum für Fotogr

  10. What moves the SPK 2026 (27.02.2026)

    At the annual reception in the James-Simon-Galerie, the SPK organisations presented their highlights and focal points for the current year. SPK President Ackermann: "We offer a strong programme and rise to challenges Almost 300 guests from politics, culture, science, business, tourism and society at