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  1. ATTENTION: NEW LOCATION FOR PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE MUSEUM OF THE 20TH CENTURY ON 3 SEPTEMBER 2015 (02.09.2015)

    The press conference on the launch of the ideas competition for the Museum of the 20th Century on 3 September 2015 at 10 a.m. will take place NOT in the foyer of the Kulturforum but in the Curt-Sachs-Saal of the State Institute for Music Research Prussian Cultural Heritage Tiergartenstraße 1 entranc

  2. Even higher visitor figures for German museums. Over 109 million museum visits in 2010 (14.12.2011)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 109,196,469 museum visits in 2010. This represents an increase of 2.2 per cent compared to 2009, and is the highest number of visits since the survey of visitor numbers began in 1981. The results are part of the overall statistical survey of museums and exhibit

  3. Restitution of a drawing by Jakob Philipp Hackert from the Kupferstichkabinett (30.04.2019)

    Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returns the drawing to the heirs of the previous Jewish owner - the work was sold in 1939 in an emergency situation - English version: please find PDF below German text - Yesterday, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation handed over the ink brush drawing "Auf

  4. Bronze statuette of a satyr from the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities is handed over to the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel (28.02.2020)

    The statuette of a satyr had long been kept in the Collection of Classical Antiquities of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin as a foreign possession. In 2019, it was finally clarified that it came from Kassel. We cordially invite you to the handover (with photo opportunity) on 3 March 2020, at 1 p.m. a

  5. Provenance research is followed by mediation: Project to research human remains from West Africa is extended (04.07.2024)

    Provenance of historical skull collection researched - funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media enables mediation in West Africa Over a period of three years, researchers from the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin have been workin

  6. Museum Berggruen to be extended (18.12.2007)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will expand the Museum Berggruen in Berlin-Charlottenburg in accordance with today's decision by the Foundation Council. The family of Heinz Berggruen, who died in February 2007, intends to expand the holdings of the Museum Berggruen with high-calibre long-t

  7. Mshatta by night - "Notturno" by the DSO at the Pergamonmuseum on 25 January (18.01.2013)

    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

  8. Germany's oldest classical music competition reinvents itself - winners of the composition category announced (10.12.2012)

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2013 organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts In 2013, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will take place for the first tim

  9. Humboldt Lab Cabs - A journey into knowledge (26.08.2015)

    Climb into a Chinese rickshaw and find out more about the new Berlin Palace: Humboldt Lab Dahlem launches the "Humboldt Lab Cabs" at the Long Night of Museums on 29 August 2015 With the new Humboldt Lab Cabs, the Humboldt Lab Dahlem will familiarise citizens - but of course also visitors to the city

  10. Two long-lost works by Adolph Menzel return to the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (10.07.2006)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has today received back two major gouache paintings by the Berlin artist Adolph von Menzel (1815-1905), which were thought to have been lost for over sixty years. The works were identified following a tip-off from Christie's auction house, where they were to