News Archive - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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• We are appalled by this horrific crime

  13.10.2023 - Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) and Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) condemn terrorist attack on Israel – Joint…

• ”Returns help the Kogi’s traditions and customs gain the respect they deserve.”

  16.06.2023 - The SPK returned masks made by the Kogi people to Colombia during Colombian President Gustavo Petro Urrego’s visit with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

• A Royal Visit to Museum Island

  25.05.2023 - Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh and brother of King Charles III, visited Museum Island Berlin on 22 May

• Parzinger: Benin Bronzes Must Be Publicly Exhibited

  09.05.2023 - SPK president reacts to media reports that Nigeria’s departing President Buhari has transferred ownership of all objects to Oba Ewuare II, the successor to the kings of Benin.

• Sanchi Gate: an Enduring Companion of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst

  21.04.2023 - A symposium was held on April 20, 2023, to celebrate the installation of the East Gate of Sanchi outside the Humboldt Forum. This copy of the ancient Indian structure was created…

• Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Relaunched: Better Features, More Content, New Search Options

  20.04.2023 - From May 2023, the website of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) will have even more cultural treasures to discover. The DDB now has more than 45 million cultural objects on…

• The "berlin modern" at Kulturforum: A Museum of the 20th Century and a Sustainable Building for Everyone

  18.04.2023 - There will be solar panels, biodiverse plants, ticket-free rooms and open areas for social interaction. Both socially and environmentally, the "berlin modern" will be a much more…

• Nazi-Looted Art: Nursing Madonna Statuette Restituted

  24.01.2023 - The SPK has returned a 16th-century sculpture of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus to the heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt.

• New Publication: Results of the Provenance Research on Skulls from German East Africa

  18.01.2023 - Following the completion of provenance research on skulls from German East Africa, an extensive report on the pilot project has now been published. “We are prepared to restitute…

• The History of the Finds: Nefertiti and the Pergamon Altar

  13.01.2023 - Renowned the world over, they are the absolute highlights of the Museum Island: the bust of Nefertiti and the reconstructed Pergamon Altar. Both came to Berlin by legitimate means.