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As part of a pilot project, the SPK has been researching the provenance of around a thousand human skulls from the former colony of German East Africa, which was located on the territory of the present-day countries of Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Mozambique, since the beginning of October. The pro

The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2021 ended yesterday evening with a spectacular finale. This year, the competition was held in the violin and piano trio categories. The Konzerthausorchester Berlin performed under the direction of Felix Bender. This year's prize winners are VIO

Prof. Dr Adriaan von Müller, long-time director of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin, passed away on 28 November 2021 at the age of 93. Born in Berlin in 1928, he began working at the Museum of Prehistory and Early History after completing his doctorate at

The series supported by the Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz comes to an end this Thursday with a final event - the opening of the building at the Kulturforum remains a central theme After four years, the "Design Lab" discussion and lecture series at the Kunstgewerbemuseum ends this Thursday with

Collector transfers important works from the 1960s from Bruce Nauman to Lawrence Weiner / Parzinger: Important documents on the emergence of artistic ideas The collector Egidio Marzona has once again made a significant donation to the Art Library. Following the exhibition The Very First Edition. Art

The winners of the 2015 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will be presented to the public in three festive concerts at the University of the Arts in mid-January From 14 to 16 January, the best students at German music academies in the fields of viola, trumpet, clarinet and vocal ens

Competition documents to be sent out soon - Grütters: Design must be convincing in terms of urban planning and function - Parzinger: A lot of creativity and expertise for art - Submissions in mid-September The realisation competition for the planned Museum of the 20th Century of the National Gallery

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

The decision for the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize 2008 was made today. In a two-day competition, the best students from Germany's music academies once again competed for first place in two musical subjects, which change every year. In the piano quartet category, the Orion Quartet from the Folkw

Construction work on the Neues Museum, the war-damaged building by August Stüler (begun as the second building on Museum Island in 1843 and opened in 1859), which has survived as a ruin, is progressing rapidly in line with the plans of architect David Chipperfield. Parts of the building were complet