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The visitor magnet in Berlin-Charlottenburg is being expanded into a modern museum. Meanwhile, the museum is on a successful world tour in Japan and China Berlin. The entire museum has been closed to visitors for just under a year due to the need to completely renovate the Stülerbau West, the head b

Museum Island Berlin has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for ten years. On 10 March 2000, the then UNESCO Secretary-General Koïchiro Matsuura presented the certificate of inclusion of the Museum Island in the World Heritage List to the Governing Mayor of Berlin and the President of the Prussian Cu

A precious ivory jug from the early 18th century has been returned to the collection of the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts. The object had not returned from its storage location in Berlin after the Second World War and was long considered lost. The Prague Museum of Decorative Arts, which had acqui

The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, today unanimously made far-reaching personnel decisions for the Berlin State Library and the National Museums in Berlin. Reinhard Altenhöner has been appointed Permanent Depu

The DSO's Adamello Quartet plays works by Dutilleux and Mozart The last 'Notturno' chamber concert of this season will take place on 3 June in the Rotunda of the Altes Museum on Museum Island. The Adamello Quartet of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin will perform Henri Dutilleux's string quar

A trio of the DSO plays works by Haydn, Gaubert, Weber and Kapustin On 8 November, an ensemble from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) will continue the popular 'Notturno' concert series. For the first time, the venue will be the James-Simon-Galerie, the newly constructed entrance buildi

The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, whose area of responsibility includes the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, welcomes the concrete form of the cooperation agreement with the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: "This will not only improve the local service in a tar

Today, the foundation stone for the James-Simon-Galerie, the new entrance building on Museum Island, will be laid in the presence of Michael Odenwald, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, representing the Federal Government. Also present are Hermann P

Berlin, Munich and Dresden: Restituted works from the collection of Chemnitz banker Carl Heumann handed over A total of five works of art from several German museums were handed over to the heirs of the Chemnitz banker Carl Heumann at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus today. The Prussian Cultura

The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin recently hosted an academic discussion entitled "Card catalogues. Untouchable cultural asset, active object of research or substitutable historical tool?". The colloquium demonstrated the academic interest in fundamental research into the history and significance of ca