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"Notturno" - Chamber concert on 10 January at Hamburger Bahnhof. DSO ensemble plays works from Vivaldi to Berio at the Museum für Gegenwart (02.01.2014)

To kick off 2014, the chamber concert series "Notturno", which the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has been organising in cooperation with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation since 2010, invites you to the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin on 10 January. Like all of the se

The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 (20.01.2014)

The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts ended with an impressive concert on Sunday. At the weekend, the winners of this year's Felix

No recommendation on the Guelph treasure yet (15.01.2014)

The Advisory Commission, which is chaired by Prof Dr Jutta Limbach and deals with issues relating to the restitution of cultural assets seized as a result of Nazi persecution, today discussed the application for the return of the so-called Guelph Treasure and heard the parties involved. She has now

The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 starts in a few days' time (13.01.2014)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts Following the great success of last year's reorganisation, the traditional Felix Mendelssohn Bart

A work by Menzel believed lost has returned to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (15.04.2014)

A few days ago, the gouache "Ash Wednesday Morning" by Adolph von Menzel was returned to Berlin. The work had been considered lost since the Second World War. A few years ago, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation became aware of its whereabouts in the Lithuanian Art Museum in Vilnius. In the co

On the temporary care of the former Charité collection of human remains in the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage (21.03.2014)

In response to the press release issued by the Central Council of the African Community, the Initiative of Black People in Germany and the NGO alliances "No Humboldt 21!" and "Genocide is not time-barred!" on 17 March 2014: "Federal government plans to deport human remains from the colonial era", th

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation welcomes the Advisory Commission's recommendation on the restitution request for the Guelph Treasure (20.03.2014)

The Advisory Commission, which is chaired by Prof Dr Jutta Limbach and deals with issues relating to the restitution of cultural assets seized as a result of Nazi persecution, today recommended that the so-called Welfenschatz from the Museum of Decorative Arts of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Found

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

Acquisition of the century for the Berlin State Library: Alexander von Humboldt's American travel diaries (04.03.2014)

With today's ceremony, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is celebrating the arrival of Alexander von Humboldt's American Travel Diaries at the Berlin State Library in the presence of Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin, Monika Grütters, Minister of State for Culture, and Johanna Wanka,

Provenances of the 20th century gallery researched: Presentation of the project results (07.07.2014)

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the State of Berlin today presented the results of their joint provenance research project on the holdings of the former Gallery of the 20th Century. Over the past three years, two researchers have systematically analysed around 450 works of art created

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