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Hermann Parzinger firmly rejects the criticism levelled in recent days at the plans to relocate the Gemäldegalerie and the Nationalgalerie, which have been described as a "castling". The following points explain the reasons for the plans to relocate the Gemäldegalerie and construct a new building, a

Today, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation unanimously appointed Dr Elisabeth Tietmeyer as the new Director of the Museum of European Cultures of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. She has already been Deputy Director of this museum since Octo

6 October 2012 to 13 January 2013 at the Neues Museum From 6 October 2012 to 13 January 2013, the National Museums in Berlin are presenting the exhibition "Russians & Germans - 1000 Years of Art, History and Culture" at the Neues Museum on Museum Island. A few days ago, this exhibition opened at the

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, explains: "I am delighted with the decision of the Bundestag to include the remodelling of the Gemäldegalerie in the supplementary budget for 2012 and would like to thank Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann for his ef

As part of a digitisation project, the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of the National Museums in Berlin will make 6,000 texts available in an online database by autumn 2013. The project is being funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It offers ancient history scholars as well as the

The future Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace continues to take shape. Today, the Ralph Appelbaum / malsyteufel consortium was awarded the contract for the scenographic design of the exhibition areas in the Humboldt Forum: This means that work can begin on the presentation of the important collecti

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has recently commissioned the office of British architect David Chipperfield to plan the complete refurbishment of the Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum. The famous building by Mies van der Rohe needs to be extensively renovated, from the façade to the

The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2013 have been announced. The jury awarded three first, five second and three third prizes as well as other special prizes. The total of the main and special prizes awarded this year amounts to 51,000 euros. In addition to the cas

String quartets from three centuries combined with an exclusive guided tour As part of its chamber concert series 'Notturno', which the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has been organising in cooperation with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation since 2010, the DSO invites you to the Pergam

Museums in Germany reported a total of 109,581,613 museum visits in 2011. This represents an increase of 0.35 per cent compared to 2010, and is once again the highest number of visits since the survey began in 1981. The results are part of the overall statistical survey of museums and exhibition cen