General Directorate, were transferred directly to the museums as of 1 July 2023. Furthermore, since January 2024, the museums and institutes have been allocated independent budgets for the first time, [...] institutions. All these changes have already taken effect as of 1 June 2024.…
structures as they were before reunification. We only merged them on 1 January 1992. We avoided the impression of a simple takeover by the West. In all cases where a Western director had to be retained in
imagined what turbulent times lay ahead. He took up his post on 1 April 1990 and tackled the unexpected challenge with incredible energy. I later learnt from him that my East Berlin director had
relatively large, it will be difficult to replace. Standing at around 1.10 metres tall, it is the largest ceramic in our collection. The storage vessel is so wide that I could easily hide inside it – but
, but is a masterpiece of space efficiency: what stretches over 1.50 metres in length on a bassoon – the tube – has here been coiled into a spiral and packed inside a handy case. You cannot see the
through to Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter. It holds works spanning 1,000 years of art, cultural and media history, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The collection comprises some 550,000 prints
of the steel structure and 500 weld seams repaired, as well as 1,600 square meters of new glass fitted. 800 existing ceiling lights converted to LED technology, 196 ceiling grilles reinstalled and
of the 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th symphonies, and Piano Concertos no. 1-3 and 5. Why does the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin have so many of Beethoven’s best works? Part of the reason is the skillful acquisition
wing the Museum of Islamic Art awaits visitors, displaying almost 1,000 objects across two floors instead of the previous 400. The Museum of the Ancient Near East will also have a permanent display