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  1. Delve into the depths of the SPK’s collection histories – at the eighth Provenance Research Day on 8 April 2026 (26.03.2026)

    A rediscovered Madonna, the history of the sculpture collection, the networks of Surrealism, talking mats, and the responsible handling of human remains – all of this is linked to the work of provenance researchers. On 8 April, they will be talking about it. This year marks the eighth edition of Int

  2. Annual press conference 2014 (17.02.2014)

    Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presented its plans for the coming year. The president and the directors of the five institutions presented new projects and announced outstanding exhibitions and events in 2014. As every year, the annual press conference focussed on the Foundation's

  3. Herzog & de Meuron build the new museum "Neue Nationalgalerie - Museum des 20 Jahrhunderts" at Berlin's Kulturforum (27.10.2016)

    Realisation competition successfully completed: Jury chaired by Arno Lederer awards a second and a third prize as well as four commendations in addition to the first prize for the Basel office - Grütters: Grandiose design - Parzinger: This design completely rethinks museum architecture and will make

  4. 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

  5. Topping-out ceremony for the Lindenkuppel of the Berlin State Library (10.07.2013)

    Today, the construction companies working at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin's Unter den Linden site, together with the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, the Director General of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Barbara Schneider-Kempf, and the President of the

  6. The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 (20.01.2014)

    The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2014 organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts ended with an impressive concert on Sunday. At the weekend, the winners of this year's Felix

  7. A glittering start to the year: Germany's oldest classical music competition takes place again in January (18.12.2014)

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2015 organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2015 will be held in the fields of viola,

  8. The estate of Leni Riefenstahl - an interim balance of research (30.01.2026)

    Exploitation of a collection under complex conditions - ethical-legal questions and artistic debate The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is cataloguing and researching the extensive estate of Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003). The Art Library with its Museum of Photography, the Ethnological Museum,

  9. Guelph Treasure - not Nazi-looted property (29.05.2009)

    The Guelph Treasure, the largest German church treasure owned by a public art collection, is preserved in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts. The Prussian state purchased it from a consortium of dealers in 1935. In January 2008, the heirs of these dealers, who were Jewish, asked the Prussian Cultu

  10. New director for the Oriental Department of the Berlin State Library (08.12.2009)

    At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation unanimously elected 37-year-old Christoph Rauch as Head of the Oriental Department of the Berlin State Library. The position has been vacant since the departure of Dr Hartmut-Ortwin Feistel at the end of June 20