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  1. 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

  2. New Yearbook of Prussian Cultural Heritage published (21.10.2010)

    The 45th volume of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook is, for once, a double volume. It looks back on the years 2008 and 2009, the first two years in office of the new Foundation President Hermann Parzinger. The wealth of outstanding events during this period is reflected in the strength of the

  3. ILLICID project investigates illegal trade in cultural property in Germany (10.04.2015)

    The kick-off meeting for the ILLICID research project took place today at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin with international participation. Over the next three years, ILLICID will use dark field research to gather information on the illegal trade in cultural artefacts in Germany.

  4. SPK restitutes works to Oppenheim heirs (22.01.2018)

    Eleven works that belonged to Margarete Oppenheim's collection until 1936 were identified in the Kunstgewerbemuseum and the Skulpturensammlung of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. A fair and equitable solution based on the Washington Principles was found for the works, which came to the museums via d

  5. "A day in the countryside" - summer festival at the Berlin Kulturforum as the finale of the cultural summer festival (29.08.2023)

    For the second time, a "Day in the Green" will take place on 3 September at Berlin's Kulturforum and celebrate the finale of the Cultural Summer Festival. Together with the St. Matthew Foundation, the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, the Neue Nationalgalerie, the Gemäldeg

  6. Interdisciplinary – Innovative – Open! (30.03.2026)

    FC Dahlem is breathing new life into the historic museum complex

  7. The Magic of Tolerance (30.03.2026)

    If the Museum of European Cultures didn’t already exist, it would certainly be worth inventing

  8. In the lens of the enemy. The German photojournalists in occupied Warsaw 1939-1945 (27.04.2009)

    From 28 April to 3 June 2009, the Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt-Haus e.V. is showing an exhibition to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War with the German invasion of Poland. An exhibition organised by the House of Encounters with History (Dom Spotkán z. Historia),

  9. Hermann Parzinger receives "Order of Friendship" of the Russian Federation (04.11.2009)

    Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, was presented with the "Order of Friendship" by Russian President Medvedev at a ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow today. This highest Russian honour for foreign citizens was awarded to him in recognition of his outstanding sc

  10. International conference (20.12.2011)

    Scientists discussed "The future of the humanities in a multipolar world" on the Museum Island. How is the future of the humanities shaping up in our multipolar world? What role do the humanities play in a 21st century society characterised by cultural and social change and how do they see their new