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  1. Ceremony marking the change in the office of Director General of the National Museums in Berlin. Speech by the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Hermann Parzinger (31.10.2008)

    - The spoken word prevails - Salutations, When you, dear Mr Schuster, took up your post as Director General of the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich in 1998, you were asked whether the position of Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, which became vacant the following year,

  2. Topping-out ceremony for the Neues Museum: Insight into the "workshop" of reconstruction (21.09.2007)

    Today's topping-out ceremony and the three subsequent open days offer the public the opportunity to gain an impression of the progress of the construction and restoration work that has been underway for four years in the war-damaged Neues Museum. As one of the five buildings on the Museum Island, it

  3. Atlas returned to the Berlin State Library after being lost during the war (12.02.2010)

    A few days ago, the Berlin State Library received back an atlas from the 17th century that had recently been found in the archives of the French Foreign Ministry. The head of the archive, Jean Mendelson, presented the work to the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzin

  4. German Cultural Heritage on the Road to Europe - Conference on 4 and 5 October at the Berlin State Library (30.09.2010)

    Europe's cultural and scientific heritage is preserved in numerous national cultural institutions. The EU has launched the "Europeana" project to facilitate access to this heritage. The internet portal www.europeana.eu links to around 12 million digital objects to date and is set to be significantly

  5. 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

  6. Museum of Islamic Art receives generous support from the Alwaleed Philanthropies (21.06.2018)

    Over the next ten years, the Alwaleed Philanthropies Foundation will support the future permanent exhibition of the Museum of Islamic Art in the renovated Pergamon Museum, educational formats, cultural education in schools and the "Multaka" project The Museum of Islamic Art of the National Museums i

  7. "Finally open again for ..." - SPK, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and Musikinstrumenten-Museum launch reopening campaign - designed by Büro X from Vienna (08.06.2021)

    Corona soon had the world in its grip for a year and a half. Everyone's lives had been fundamentally changed by the pandemic. This grip is now loosening. Hygiene measures are gradually being scaled back - and public life is getting back on track. New perspectives are opening up - including for the P

  8. Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath take over the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin (10.09.2021)

    The founders of the multidisciplinary curatorial platform Art Reoriented will take up their posts on 1 January 2022 - Grütters: Fellrath and Bardaouil will provide groundbreaking impetus for Hamburger Bahnhof - Parzinger: Curator duo will achieve great things for contemporary art in Berlin At its me

  9. Networking for sustainability: SPK is committed to a climate-neutral culture (30.09.2022)

    SPK joins sustainability action network and signs sustainability declaration for the cultural sector - Parzinger: Making sustainability the basis of our actions As of today, the SPK is a partner of the Action Network Sustainability in Culture and Media (ANKM). The network, which is funded by the Fed

  10. IAI research on Latin America/the Caribbean from a transregional perspective (16.10.2025)

    From 2025 to 2030, research activities at the IAI will focus on the research line "Knowledge – Cultures – Medialities. Latin America and the Caribbean in a Transregional Perspective". It draws on the institute's collections and addresses relevant global social challenges.