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  1. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition 2009 decided (18.01.2009)

    Piano duo from Saarbrücken University of Applied Sciences and Arts and string quartet from Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts win Germany's oldest classical music prize The winners of Germany's oldest classical music prize will be announced today at a concert in the concert hall of the

  2. New logos: Common image for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its five institutions (28.06.2011)

    From July 2011, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its five institutions (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Geheimes Staatsarchiv PK, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung) will appear with new logos that convey a uniform image. The

  3. 100 years of Bauhaus Dessau - an anniversary kick-off at the Neue Nationalgalerie from 13 to 15 June 2025 (19.05.2025)

    For one weekend, Mies van der Rohe's building will focus on the materiality of modernism under the motto "On the substance" Exactly one hundred years ago, the Staatliches Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau. In Anhalt, the "Silicon Valley of the 1920s", the school entered its most dynamic and fruitf

  4. Sharing historical sound recordings from Latin America globally (20.10.2025)

    To mark the 125th anniversary of the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv, the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut and the Ethnologisches Museum presented wax cylinder recordings (1905-1934) from Latin America. These are now available worldwide in open access in the IAI's Digital Collections. To celebrate the 125th

  5. Amazonia at the IAI: Yudja representatives visit collections on the Rio Xingu (11.09.2025)

    Karin Juruna and Txapina Juruna traveled from the Rio Xingu in Brazil to Berlin. At the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, they viewed historical maps, photos, research diaries, audio recordings and publications about their region of origin. Their visit emphasized the importance of exchange regarding th

  6. Executive Board

    Executive Board The Executive Board manages the Foundation as a collegial body. It develops the Foundation's overall strategy and makes decisions on matters affecting all of its institutions. Die Vorstand der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, v.l. Achim Bonte, Marion Ackermann, Barbara Göbel, Klaus

  7. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation restitutes manuscripts from the music library of Arthur Rubinstein (05.05.2006)

    Today, the Foundation has handed over a collection of 71 pieces of music from the former estate of the pianist Arthur Rubinstein to his four children. The fate of this collection reflects the drama of the past century: the arbitrary rule of the Nazi era, the raids of the initially victorious German

  8. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation restitutes works of art from the collection of the great Berlin publisher Rudolf Mosse (12.02.2015)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has restituted eight works of art to the heirs of Felicia Lachmann-Mosse. The works were part of the extensive art collection that her father, the Berlin publisher Rudolf Mosse, had built up since the 1880s. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation had come

  9. Handing over the keys to the State Library's General Reading Room (10.12.2012)

    Unter den Linden created the best structural conditions for users, valuable collections and librarians. Today, the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, and the Director General of the Berlin State Library, Barbara Schneider-Kempf, receive the keys to the new Gen

  10. Nazi-looted art: work by Camille Pissarro restituted and purchased for the Alte Nationalgalerie (18.10.2021)

    SPK returns "Une Place à la Roche-Guyon" by Camille Pissarro to the Dorville heirs and purchases it for the Alte Nationalgalerie The representatives of the Armand Dorville heirs visited the Alte Nationalgalerie today to sign the restitution and purchase agreement for the work. The work was acquired