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…

• 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…

• 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.

• Sustainable and Functional: Extension of the Gipsformerei

  10.01.2023 - Architectural practice Gerkan, Marg and Partner (gmp) wins design competition for the comprehensive refurbishment and extension of the Gipsformerei.

• Royal Visit from Cameroon in Humboldt Forum

  23.11.2022 - King of the Cameroonian Nso' people saw the Ngonnso' statue at the Humboldt Forum for the first time on November 12, 2022.

• Construction Gets Under Way: A Sanchi Gate for the Humboldt Forum

  18.11.2022 - On November 17, 2022, construction work began on a replica of the magnificent eastern gateway of Sanchi in front of the Humboldt Forum.

• Purchase of Hamburger Bahnhof and Rieckhallen Complete

  15.11.2022 - Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz comments on the purchase of Hamburger Bahnhof and the neighboring Rieckhallen buildings by the German federal…