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KLAVIERFIEBER International Piano Art Festival from 20 - 26 June 2011 at the Kulturforum Berlin (09.05.2011)

What do the bust of Nefertiti, the Market Gate of Miletus and Caspar David Friedrich's painting "The Lone Tree" have in common? Not only are they all famous crowd-pullers at the National Museums in Berlin, they are also at the centre of a new international piano art festival that Young Euro Classic

Workshop on the exhibition concept for the non-European collections at the Humboldt Forum successfully concluded (08.04.2011)

The International Advisory Board Humboldt Forum met for the first time from 6 to 8 April 2011. The expert committee consists of around forty renowned museum experts and academics from all continents. Its purpose is to provide critical support for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation's exhibitio

New museum in Berlin receives EU prize for contemporary architecture (12.04.2011)

The Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island has been awarded the "European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture/Mies van der Rohe Award 2011". This was announced yesterday by the European Commission. It was selected from 343 applicants from 33 European countries. The prize will be awarded on 20

Agreement to the Sphinx of Hattusha (13.05.2011)

The German-Turkish expert talks on the Hittite Sphinx were concluded today in Berlin. It has been agreed that the fragmentary sculpture, which is over three thousand years old and has been in the Pergamon Museum on Berlin's Museum Island since 1934, will be handed over to Turkey as a gesture of Germ

Umbrella organisation for archaeology founded (11.10.2011)

German archaeologists found an umbrella organisation and create a mouthpiece for politicians and the public. The founding meeting of the "German Association for Archaeology" (DVA) took place in Bremen on 4 October 2011 as part of the 7th German Archaeology Congress. Following failed attempts to unit

Acquisition of the private collection of drawings: The "Kleine Klebeband" of the Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg (07.10.2011)

A major acquisition by the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, the Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung and the Free State of Bavaria, supported by the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Rudolf-August Oetker Stiftung f

Kick-off event for the Transregional Studies Forum on 10 October 2011 in the Rotunda of the Altes Museum (30.09.2011)

The Forum Transregionale Studien introduces itself: Humanities and Social Sciences under Global Conditions Press invitation: 10 October 2011, 7:00 p.m., Kick-off event Forum Transregionale Studien, Rotunda Altes Museum, Berlin On 10 October 2011 at 7 p.m., the Forum Transregional Studies will be pre

Hermann Parzinger inducted into the Order Pour le mérite (13.07.2011)

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, was elected as a new member at this year's assembly of the Order Pour le mérite for Sciences and Arts. The ceremonial induction into the Order will take place at its public annual meeting in 2012 in the presence of the Federa

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation donates painting believed lost to Berlin Cathedral (14.07.2011)

A few days ago, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) returned the painting "Nazareth - the Youth of Jesus" by Albert Hertel to the Berlin Cathedral as the previous owner. The work had been in the care of the Alte Nationalgalerie since the end of the war in 1945. It is listed as a work by

Coordination centre for the preservation of written cultural heritage begins its work (22.07.2011)

The Coordination Centre for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage will deal with issues relating to the preservation of written collections in archives and libraries at a national level. It was set up by the federal and state governments on the initiative of the Minister of State for Culture

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