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  1. Joachim Jäger appointed Deputy Director of the National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin. Andreas Richter becomes the new Head of the Collection Development Department of the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage (12.12.2011)

    At its meeting on 9 December 2011, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation unanimously elected Dr Joachim Jäger as the new Deputy Director of the Nationalgalerie and Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Jäger, born in Munich in 1963, hol

  2. "Das Kapital Raum 1970-1977" by Joseph Beuys will be presented in Berlin in future - as a new permanent loan from Erich Marx to the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (24.02.2015)

    The world-famous environment "Das Kapital Raum 1970-1977" by Joseph Beuys, which is considered one of his key works, is coming to Berlin. The collector Erich Marx is donating the work to the collection of the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin as a permanent loan. The complex spatial

  3. Refugees as guides on Berlin's Museum Island Staatliche Museen zu Berlin der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz and Deutsches Historisches Museum launch "Multaka: Treffpunkt Museum" pilot project (10.12.2015)

    A total of 19 refugees from Syria and Iraq are being trained as museum guides so that they can lead compatriots through the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum and the German Historical Museum in their native language. The title of the project is programmatic: "Multaka" means "meeting point" in Arabic

  4. Haus Bastian on Berlin's Museum Island is being officially handed over to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today. From the summer, forward-looking educational concepts of the National Museums in Berlin will be developed and trialled there. (12.03.2019)

    During the ceremonial handover of the keys, Foundation President Hermann Parzinger and Director General Michael Eissenhauer thanked Céline, Heiner and Aeneas Bastian for their extraordinarily generous gift. The building on Kupfergraben, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, has been dedicated t

  5. SPK and Staatliche Museen zu Berlin cooperate with Saxony-Anhalt: furniture designer Erich Dieckmann to be honoured with exhibition in Halle and Berlin in 2022 (12.05.2021)

    Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin as well as Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt and Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle to launch the rediscovery of the Bauhäusler in spring 2022 - Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of Culture Robra hands over funding decisio

  6. Unearthed: the Real Relationship between Berlin and the Berliner Schloss (21.12.2016)

    For years, the Berliner Schloss has been at the center of numerous debates. Alongside the issue of the Humboldt-Forum, discussion has primarily centered on one question: should it be rebuilt, or not? Those who oppose reconstructing the building argue that this would cover up the traces of recent his

  7. Architecture, music and Berlin’s longest banquet table at the ‘Day in the Countryside’ (07.09.2026)

    On Sunday 13 September 2026, the Kulturforum Berlin is hosting the fifth edition of its major Kulturforum festival, ‘A Day in the Green’. This year, the focus is on the Kulturforum’s diverse architecture. Many of the activities are free and take place outdoors – ranging from guided tours and worksho

  8. A day in the countryside at the Kulturforum Berlin (07.09.2026)

    On Sunday 13 September 2026, the Kulturforum Berlin is hosting the fifth edition of its major festival, ‘A Day in the Green’. This year’s focus is on the Kulturforum’s diverse architecture. Once again, there are numerous free outdoor activities on offer: guided tours, workshops, music and Berlin’s l

  9. The Mecila Community in Berlin: Reflecting on Knowledge Infrastructures in Changing Times (27.04.2026)

    In February 2026, researchers, librarians, and data specialists came together at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) to reassess the role of knowledge infrastructures in international and interdisciplinary research in light of geopolitical tensions, debates over data sovereignty, and the acceler

  10. Rosabetty Muñoz comes to Berlin and reads at the IAI (23.01.2026)

    Rosabetty Muñoz – one of Chile's outstanding poetic voices – will be reading from her work on February 2, 2026 at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI). The reading and a discussion with Claudia Hammerschmidt (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) will focus on the roots of her literature in southe