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  1. Knowledge archives in dialogue with science and society (10.12.2010)

    Conference organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as part of the Berlin Year of Science 2010 "Berlin - Capital for Science" On 9 and 10 December 2010, the conference "Knowledge Archives in Dialogue with Science and Society" took place at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. As an institut

  2. National presentation of the Europa Nostra Award 2010 to the Neues Museum and the Baerwaldbad (19.11.2010)

    The Neues Museum, Museum Island Berlin, was honoured today with the main prize of the "European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award" in the "Conservation" category during a ceremony at the Baerwaldbad (Berlin-Kreuzberg). Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Herit

  3. German museums and exhibition centres continue their upward trend. Over 106 million museum visits in 2009 (30.11.2010)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 106,820,203 museum visits in 2009. This represents an increase of 1.9 per cent compared to 2008. The Institute for Museum Research at the National Museums in Berlin, an institution of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, in co-operation with the German Mu

  4. Annual press conference 2011 (25.01.2011)

    On 25 January 2011, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation provided information about its activities and plans for the coming year. The annual press conference also presented new projects, developments and exhibitions, reported on building projects and took stock of 2010. The following spoke: Her

  5. 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

  6. Turkey's demand for the return of the Sphinx of Hattusha (25.02.2011)

    In connection with Turkey's demand for the return of the Sphinx of Hattusha, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, explains: "The Hittite sphinx from Bogazköy (Hattusha) has been the subject of demands for its return from Turkey since the 1930s. Since then, nothi

  7. Berlin State Library opens exhibition to mark 350th anniversary (03.03.2011)

    To mark its 350th anniversary, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is opening the special exhibition "A library makes history. 350 years of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin". For ten weeks, it will be presenting top items from its collections at nine stations. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian C

  8. Hermann Parzinger receives the Reuchlin Prize 2011 (17.03.2011)

    The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, receives the 2011 Reuchlin Prize, which has been awarded every two years since 1955 for outstanding German-language achievements in the humanities. The Reuchlin Prize has been awarded every two years since 1955 by the cit

  9. Mourning for Edmund de Unger - internationally renowned collector of Islamic art (15.02.2011)

    Edmund de Unger, whose private collection in the field of Islamic art, known internationally as the Keir Collection, achieved worldwide significance, died on 25 January 2011 in Ham near London at the age of 92. Edmund de Unger was laid to rest today in Richmond / London with great sympathy from inte

  10. Construction progress on the federal government's largest cultural building site: First section of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz Unter den Linden has been handed over (18.04.2011)

    A few days ago, the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning handed over the first completed rooms in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin's Unter den Linden building to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Over the next few weeks, the librarians will move into the rooms - vault storage, st