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  1. 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

  2. More visitors, longer opening hours, new rooms (09.04.2019)

    The five institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will offer more service at all levels in future In future, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will present itself in its museums in an even more visitor-friendly and service-orientated way. For example, the foyer of the Kultur

  3. Photo session for the new acquisition of 34 cabinet orders of Frederick the Great to his saviour at the Battle of Kunersdorf (29.03.2019)

    Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage Archivstraße 12-14, 14195 Berlin 12 April 2019, 10:00 a.m. The Battle of Kunersdorf on 12 August 1759 was the most serious defeat in the Seven Years' War that Frederick the Great had to endure. He himself only narrowly escaped death or at least cap

  4. Refurbishment work begins at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin (25.09.2019)

    Upgrading the air conditioning system makes it necessary to close the Kleihueshalle on 30 September 2019 The Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin will undergo extensive refurbishment work. The Kleihueshalle, where the exhibition "The Elephant in the Room - Sculptures from the Marx Colle

  5. Exemplary partnership between Ethnological Museum and Museums Association of Namibia on colonial collection launched (18.09.2019)

    Provenance research with Namibian scientists at the Ethnological Museum - Objects travel to Windhoek - Networking with cultural heritage communities, artists and the public in Namibia in the project "Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures" As part of a partnership between the Museu

  6. Cost and planning certainty: ground-breaking ceremony for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century this autumn (17.09.2019)

    Parzinger: Great opportunity for the Kulturforum - Thanks to Minister of State for Culture Grütters, Federal Minister of Finance Scholz and the budget holders of the Bundestag: "Path of clarity taken" - Herzog: Museum will be the centrepiece of the Kulturforum The ground-breaking ceremony for the Na

  7. Architectural competition for the refurbishment of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin at the Kulturforum in keeping with its listed status decided (06.09.2019)

    First prize for gmp Generalplanungsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin In the course of the forthcoming major refurbishment, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin building on Potsdamer Strasse (Kulturforum) is to be redesigned in line with its listed status so that it better meets contemporary technical and functiona

  8. German Symphony Orchestra Berlin (29.08.2019)

    Anniversary concert 10 years of "Notturno" at the Neues Museum on 11 September Chief conductor Robin Ticciati, violinist Christian Tetzlaff and actor Mark Waschke On 11 September, the " Notturno " series will start its new season with a special edition to mark its tenth anniversary. The anniversary

  9. SPK restitutes two Predell panels from the Fuld Collection (29.08.2019)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has restituted two medieval predella panels from the collections of the National Museums in Berlin to the heirs of the Jewish entrepreneur Harry Fuld Sr. The museums had acquired the two panels from an art dealer in 1940. The panels that were previously exhi

  10. Udo Kittelmann leaves the Nationalgalerie at his own request on 31 October 2020 (21.08.2019)

    Director headed the five-hall network for twelve years - SPK and SMB regret the move - Parzinger: His work will endure because he has made the Nationalgalerie a global player The Director of the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Udo Kittelmann , will not be extending his contract,