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New layout, new structure, new content - the website of the Secret State Archives PK has been completely relaunched / Research room reopened to users on 14 May 2020 Following the recent amendment to the Berlin SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance, archives are now also allowed to reopen. The Se

Basic refurbishment of the historic building complex in keeping with its listed status is complete Berlin. The keys to the Berlin State Library in the Unter den Linden building were handed over today at a ceremony attended by 300 invited guests. This marks the completion of the basic refurbishment a

Forty-four objects of late antique Byzantine everyday culture were recently identified in Leipzig as belonging to the Berlin Museum of Byzantine Art and are now returning to the Bode Museum. The pieces had been transported to the Soviet Union after the end of the Second World War and were mistakenly

On-schedule continuation of the basic refurbishment and extension of the Pergamon Museum with the start of the southern construction phase on Berlin's Museum Island Construction work on the second construction phase of the Pergamonmuseum is scheduled to begin in March 2025. The construction measures

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, comments on the death of the Zero artist: "Otto Piene epitomises the great spirit of optimism of the 1960s. With his works, he pushed forward into completely new dimensions of art. His installation in the Neue Nationalgalerie

Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returned four paintings from the 18th century. The paintings were handed over to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for restoration in 1942 via an art dealer, but were not collected again despite repeated requests. From then on, they were kept in the col

Five-part series to honour German musical instrument making planned until 2022 / Presentation of the first coin on 8 May at 6 pm with Bettina Hagedorn, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance, and SPK Vice President Günther Schauerte at the Musical Instrument Museum A double

Nigerian delegation visits Germany: guests view Humboldt Forum and objects in Dahlem As part of a visit to Germany organised by the Federal Foreign Office, the Nigerian partners and Sir David Adjaye, the architect of the "Edo State Museum of West African Art" (EMOWAA) being built in Benin City, visi

Competition announced for the basic renovation and expansion of the plaster moulding shop On 25 January 2022, the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, on behalf of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, announced the competition for the basic restoration and extension of the plaste

Budget Committee approves 9.9 million euros - Roth and Parzinger welcome decision Yesterday, the Bundestag's Budget Committee released 9.9 million euros to make the Museum of the 20th Century, which is currently being built at the Kulturforum, more sustainable. The SPK is now intensively involved in