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  1. Reopening of the State Library (08.12.2020)

    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

  2. Welfenschatz: On yesterday's hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court (08.12.2020)

    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

  3. Special programme for building maintenance at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation - Parzinger thanks the Budget Committee and Minister of State for Culture Grütters (27.11.2020)

    At its adjustment meeting on 26 November 2020, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved a special programme for the preservation of the historical buildings of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. By 2025, a total of over 76 million euros will be available to preserve the Foundati

  4. Foundation Board sets course for management positions at the National Museums in Berlin (25.11.2020)

    Directorate of the Gemäldegalerie to be re-advertised - Management of the Nationalgalerie to be divided into three positions - Grütters and Parzinger thank Michael Eissenhauer On 23 November 2020, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Cu

  5. Construction work begins on the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum (18.11.2020)

    Work is currently starting on site for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. The Haus der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is being built according to plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Several measures are necessary to prepare the area for the construction work. The southbound l

  6. Iron Age - Europe without borders (10.11.2020)

    On 10 November 2020, the exhibition "Iron Age - Europe without Borders" opens at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Around 1600 objects from the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage and the three Russian partner museums will provi

  7. New website for the State Institute for Music Research: fresher, more user-friendly, more up-to-date (10.02.2021)

    New layout, new structure, new content - the website of the State Institute for Music Research www.simpk.de has been completely relaunched. The new website of the State Institute for Music Research has been online for a few days now. With its completely revised structure and new design, it is much c

  8. Rebirth of an icon of western modernism - handing over the keys to the Neue Nationalgalerie (29.04.2021)

    Now that the upper exhibition hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie at Berlin's Kulturforum has been restored to its former glory since December 2020, the keys to the completely renovated building will be handed over to the National Museums in Berlin and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation on 29 Ap

  9. Provenance Research Day at the SPK: Virtual exhibition and online event with provenance researchers (13.04.2021)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin will once again be taking part in the third International Day of Provenance Research on 14 April - with a virtual exhibition, a digital discussion with provenance researchers and new content on the websites. The virtual exhibition "S

  10. Foundation Board has decided: Dr Achim Bonte becomes the new Director General of the Berlin State Library - Prof. Dr Rebecca Wolf takes over the State Institute for Music Research (24.03.2021)

    Dr Achim Bonte is to become the new Director General of the Berlin State Library. This was decided unanimously by the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today, Wednesday. Bonte succeeds Barbara Schneider-Kempf, who is retiring after seventeen years at the helm of Germany'