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On 25 January 2021, the main building of the Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden will reopen digitally - after extensive refurbishment, modernisation and expansion. The structural and organisational measures have been completed and the Staatsbibliothek is ready to open the building. In his speech, Bun

111.6 million visits to German museums in 2019 - trend towards special exhibitions unbroken Special exhibition trend unbroken - Special topic of the 2019 overall statistical survey: Collection holdings and handling collections The museums participating in the survey reported a total of 111,633,603 v

The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media is continuing to fund museum4punkt0 with ten million euros in 2021. Together with ten new partners, cultural institutions across Germany are developing and testing digital offerings for new ways of learning, experiencing and participating

Restoration of an architectural icon: the covers have come off Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie - keys handed over on 29 April and reopening in August 2021 The completely renovated upper hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie with its crystalline shape is once again visible. Hermann Parzinger, Pre

From 1 February 2021, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin will welcome its users to the splendidly renovated building on Unter den Linden - opening ceremony on 25 January with a speech by Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble Completely renovated and modernised, equipped with a general and six reading ro

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the legal dispute over the Guelph Treasure. The legal question at issue was whether US courts have jurisdiction over the case at all. A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is expected in the course of next year. Hermann Parzinger: "We are pleased

European Court of Justice rules on framing technology Yesterday morning, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgement in preliminary ruling proceedings (case no.: C-392/19), which were initiated in 2019 by the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (case no.: I ZR 113/18). In the case, th

At its meeting yesterday, the Reform Commission of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) discussed the situation at the Berlin State Library (SBB), the Ibero-American Institute (IAI) and the Secret State Archives (GStA) in detail. The discussions centred on the question of how the autonomy

In 2011, the Coordination Centre for the Preservation of the Written Cultural Heritage (KEK) was founded as a federal States project and located at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. It is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and the t

Symposium on Latin American conceptual art from the 1960s to the 1980s: eight international online discussions from 10 March - supporting programme with exhibition and workshops at the Instituto Cervantes Berlin A symposium by independent curator Katerina Valdivia Bruch, in collaboration with the Ib