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  1. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation turns fifty (24.07.2007)

    25 July 2007 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the German Bundestag's resolution on the law establishing the Foundation. It contains regulations on the transfer of art and cultural assets (archive, library and museum holdings as well as scientific collections) and the associated properties, which we

  2. Museum Island receives temporary exhibition building "Pergamonmuseum. The Panorama" (09.11.2016)

    In order to be able to offer visitors to Berlin's Museum Island an attractive programme during the renovation of the Pergamon Museum, the SPK is erecting a temporary exhibition building. It will be built directly opposite the Museum Island on Kupfergraben and next to the railway line. Visitors will

  3. Hermann Parzinger on the Tagesspiegel survey on the Humboldt Forum (15.06.2010)

    The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, comments on the current reader survey conducted by the Tagesspiegel, which focused on the discussion surrounding the realisation of the Humboldt Forum: "The results of the survey show that Berliners want to see the Humbol

  4. Course set for the refurbishment of the State Library at the Kulturforum - start of preparatory measures (12.02.2026)

    Scharoun's listed architectural icon urgently needs to be renovated - redesigned into a modern, sustainable, user-friendly library - complex construction project with relocation of 5.4 million books The urgently needed basic refurbishment of the "Bücherschiff" at the Kulturforum can begin. The build

  5. A small temple for the Pergamon Museum (03.05.2019)

    Topping-out ceremony on the Museum Island Berlin Berlin. On 3 May, the topping-out ceremony for construction phase A of the basic refurbishment and extension of the Pergamon Museum was celebrated on Berlin's Museum Island. With the construction of a new staircase and the completion of the illuminate

  6. The monk and the manuscript (26.03.2026)

    Not much is known about the Benedictine monk Ranulf Higden (c. 1280–1364) from Chester. Yet he was one of the most famous English scholars of the late Middle Ages and the author of an extensive world chronicle. Now, two researchers at the Berlin State Library – Prussian Cultural Heritage have made a

  7. The monk and the manuscript (26.03.2026)

    Not much is known about the Benedictine monk Ranulf Higden (c. 1280–1364) from Chester. Yet he was one of the most famous English scholars of the late Middle Ages and the author of an extensive world chronicle. Now, two researchers at the Berlin State Library – Prussian Cultural Heritage have made a

  8. Off to the Humboldt Forum: Ethnological Museum and Museum of Asian Art present themselves at the Open Construction Site Day this weekend (09.06.2016)

    A palace without an emperor, the flaming Buddha, a mysterious totem pole - stories like these will be told at the Humboldt Forum in future. This coming weekend, the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin will once again take visitors on a journey into the f

  9. Lowtech - Sustainable solutions sought at SPK (27.01.2022)

    Competition announced for the basic renovation and expansion of the plaster moulding shop On 25 January 2022, the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, on behalf of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, announced the competition for the basic restoration and extension of the plaste

  10. Handing over the keys to the State Library's General Reading Room (10.12.2012)

    Unter den Linden created the best structural conditions for users, valuable collections and librarians. Today, the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, and the Director General of the Berlin State Library, Barbara Schneider-Kempf, receive the keys to the new Gen