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  1. Let the competitions begin! The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition for organ and violoncello starts on 16 January 2019 (15.01.2019)

    The public competitions of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition, which will be held this year in the organ and cello categories, will begin on 16 January 2019. As in the previous year, the two final concerts on 19 and 20 January 2019 will take place together with the Konzerthausorc

  2. Deep mourning for Werner Knopp (07.01.2019)

    Long-time President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation passes away at the age of 87 - Parzinger: He was the President of Unity The long-standing President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Werner Knopp, passed away on 4 January 2019 at the age of 87. Born in Braunschweig, he ha

  3. Germany's oldest young classical music competition starts advance sales for January 2019 (20.12.2018)

    On 20 January 2019, the winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will perform with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Corinna Niemeyer at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt. Germany's oldest competition for young classical musicians will be held in 2019 in

  4. Foundation Board decides: Patricia Rahemipour joins the Institute for Museum Research (19.12.2018)

    The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, made four appointments yesterday: The Vice President of the SPK, the Director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East, the Head of the Usage Department of the State Library an

  5. Personnel changes on the Board of Trustees: Barbara Helwing becomes Director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East, Claudia Martin-Konle takes over the State Library's user department (18.12.2018)

    The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, today unanimously made far-reaching personnel decisions for the National Museums in Berlin and the Berlin State Library The Museum of the Ancient Near East at the Staatliche

  6. Gero Dimter appointed new Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (18.12.2018)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is getting a new Vice President. Gero Dimter succeeds Günther Schauerte, who has held the post since 2011 and is now retiring. This was decided by the Board of Trustees, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters. The Prussian Cultural Heritage

  7. German museums and exhibition centres still very well attended in 2017 - total number of museum visits increased by 2.2% year-on-year to 114,375,732 (14.12.2018)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 114,375,732 visits in 2017. Compared to 2016, the number of visits is therefore 2,498,647 (+2.2%) higher than in the previous year (2016: 111,877,085 visits). German museums reported a total of 8,765 special exhibitions. The number of visits varied depending on

  8. The central reception building on Berlin's Museum Island has been completed (13.12.2018)

    The ceremonial handover of the keys will take place today (12 noon) in the James-Simon-Galerie in the presence of the Minister of State for Culture, Monika Grütters, and the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community, Marco Wanderwitz. The building

  9. Summary of the conference "20 years of the Washington Principles: Paths to the Future" (28.11.2018)

    An international conference from 26 to 28 November 2018 in Berlin will be dedicated to the implementation of the Washington Principles on the Handling of Nazi-looted Property since their adoption in 1998. Around 800 participants, including leading experts, organisations, Holocaust survivors and thei

  10. 20 years after the Washington Conference: SPK magazine dedicated to coming to terms with Nazi art theft (22.11.2018)

    Foundation restituted over 350 works of art and more than 2000 books - Magazine shows in reports, interviews and portraits how the provenance of objects is researched and how fair and equitable solutions are found Washington was a revolution". This is how US diplomat Stuart Eizenstat describes the c