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  1. Professor Axel Marx and his family donate important works by the artist Joseph Beuys from the Erich Marx Collection to SPK (08.09.2022)

    Donation contract signed - Axel Marx: Our family remains connected to the art city of Berlin - Hermann Parzinger: Overwhelming gesture from the family The family of the well-known Berlin collector Erich Marx, who died two years ago, has donated the entire holdings of works by the artist Joseph Beuys

  2. Slight increase in visitor numbers to museums and exhibition centres in 2024 (16.12.2025)

    The Institute for Museum Research reports: 107.4 million visits to museums and exhibition centres in 2024 - museums show more special exhibitions again - data collected for zoos, animal parks and botanical gardens for the first time Museums and exhibition centres in Germany enjoyed a 1.3 percent inc

  3. Course set for the refurbishment of the State Library at the Kulturforum - start of preparatory measures (12.02.2026)

    Scharoun's listed architectural icon urgently needs to be renovated - redesigned into a modern, sustainable, user-friendly library - complex construction project with relocation of 5.4 million books The urgently needed basic refurbishment of the "Bücherschiff" at the Kulturforum can begin. The build

  4. Two works from the Kupferstichkabinett restituted (08.10.2014)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has today restituted two drawings from the holdings of the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The provenance of the sheets had been examined as part of a systematic provenance research project. They turned out to have formerly belonged t

  5. "museum4punkt0": Sub-project perspectives of three-dimensional visualisations in museum communication (08.05.2017)

    "museum4punkt0 - Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future" starts today. The Deutsches Museum is involved with the sub-project "Perspectives of three-dimensional visualisations in museum communication". The German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology is the world's largest technol

  6. Compete with the best: Five days of violin and piano trio competition (25.08.2021)

    The best students in violin and piano trio will compete in the 2021 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition. The musicians will present their skills to the top-class jury of Germany's oldest competition for young talent in classical music from 11 to 15 September 2021 in Berlin. The partic

  7. Basic refurbishment of the "book ship" at the Kulturforum (12.02.2026)

    Scharoun's listed architectural icon urgently needs to be renovated - the building will be closed to users from 2030. The urgently needed refurbishment of the "Bücherschiff" at the Kulturforum can begin. The building will close from 2030. Prior to this, 5.4 million books must be relocated and prepar

  8. Sharing Knowledge, Strengthening Networks: The IAI in Guatemala (28.08.2025)

    In July 2025, the IAI was active in Guatemala: A network meeting strengthened the exchange on digital collections in Central America, indigenous literature was acquired at the book fair, and the library of the Centro de Estudios de las Culturas en Guatemala received a book donation. In July 2025, th

  9. Relaunch of the Museum Island Masterplan website (30.10.2012)

    A new layout and completely revised content: The website www.museumsinsel-berlin.de provides information about the measures of the Museum Island Masterplan and brings the future of the Museum Island to life. The completely revised website www.museumsinsel-berlin.de is online in time for the opening

  10. "museum4punkt0": Sub-project XD - xplore Digital (08.05.2017)

    Today sees the launch of "museum4punkt0 - Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future". The National Museums in Berlin are involved with the sub-project "XD - xplore Digital". The National Museums in Berlin are part of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. With their collections and researc