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  1. Talks continue on handling Benin bronzes and on a roadmap for planned returns in 2022 (08.07.2021)

    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

  2. Lowtech - Sustainable solutions sought at SPK (27.01.2022)

    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

  3. Funds for more sustainability at the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum (14.11.2022)

    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

  4. Keys handed over for the Berlin State Library in the Unter den Linden building (04.11.2019)

    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

  5. Two boxes from Leipzig - objects lost since the Second World War return to Berlin (06.02.2012)

    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

  6. Start of the second construction phase for the overall completion of the Pergamonmuseum (06.03.2025)

    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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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