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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…
Visit the Pergamonmuseum Before It Closes in October 2023
27.03.2023 - Beginning October 23, 2023, the Pergamonmuseum on Berlin's Museum Island will be completely closed for basic renovation and repair as part of the Museum Island Master Plan. It will…
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…
The Clamor of the Big City
15.11.2022 - The most important Weimar-era silent films about Berlin are being shown at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum as part of its Wednesday evening film series