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  1. Visitor days in the Pergamonmuseum south wing shortly before the start of construction - opening hours extended (27.02.2025)

    More tickets available! 7 to 9 March 2025: Babylon in Berlin - Visitor Days at the Pergamonmuseum South Wing The first tickets for the visiting days at the Pergamonmuseum were sold out within a few days. On Monday, 3 March 2025, additional ticket contingents will be released for sale from 12 noon. A

  2. Results of provenance research on skulls from West Africa published – provenance research on nearly 600 skulls completed (22.04.2026)

    As part of a project launched in 2021, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History at the State Museums in Berlin has investigated the provenance of nearly 600 skulls from the former German colonies in West Africa, in collaboration with researchers from Togo and Cameroon. The findings of this project

  3. New publication on provenance research into human remains from West Africa (22.04.2026)

    Almost 600 skulls from the former German colonies in West Africa were examined as part of a joint research project with partners from Togo and Cameroon. The recently published report documents the findings and lays the groundwork for the potential repatriation of the human remains. The Museum of Pre

  4. "This theatre has been the highlight of my professional life" SPK summer interview with Andreas Scholl (26.03.2026)

    The foundation stone for the Altes Museum was laid 200 years ago: now an exhibition tells the story of its early days – it is the final exhibition by Andreas Scholl, who is bidding farewell to the Collection of Classical Antiquities

  5. Foundation stone laid for berlin modern (09.02.2024)

    The foundation stone for berlin modern at the Kulturforum was laid on 9 February 2024 in the presence of Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth and the Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner. Other speakers included Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Danyal

  6. Vice President Norbert Zimmermann retires after 27 years of service at the SPK (29.07.2011)

    Norbert Zimmermann, who has held the office of Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) since 1997, retired today. Hermann Parzinger, the President of the Foundation, honoured him with the words: "An era is coming to an end for the SPK. Norbert Zimmermann has had a decisive

  7. And in the evening in the Mies-Bau: 'Notturno' in the Neue Nationalgalerie on 7 November. Works by Gabrielli, Dorfman and Brahms in dialogue with art (29.10.2014)

    On 7 November 2014, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will open the fifth season of their joint chamber concert series "Notturno" at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Mies van der Rohe's masterpiece, which has been home to modern art in the capital since

  8. Schlüter's colossal figures arrive at the Humboldt Forum (15.02.2019)

    The eight surviving colossal figures from the workshop of the famous sculptor and architect Andreas Schlüter have returned to their original location on Schlossplatz. The sandstone figures, all on loan from the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, have been transported

  9. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation aims to be climate-neutral by 2035 (01.10.2021)

    New posts for sustainability officers created: Nina Schallenberg from Hamburger Bahnhof and Daniel Naumann from the Directorate General of the National Museums in Berlin take office on 1 October 2021 Not least the devastating flood disasters, forest fires covering enormous areas and increasing water

  10. The Secret Garden (30.03.2026)

    The World Heritage Site on Museum Island has a hidden history. This includes a garden laid out in the mid-18th century by the philosopher and art historian Johann Georg Sulzer, who turned it into a place for reflection on artistic beauty and a meeting place for the Berlin Enlightenment. A search for