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Benin Bronzes: a further important step toward restitution and strengthening cultural cooperation
14.10.2021 - Memorandum of Understanding signed: return of Benin bronzes from German museums embedded in broad-based cooperation in the areas of museum practice, new museum construction, and…
Tina Brüderlin to head the Ethnologisches Museum
13.10.2021 - The Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, comprising two sites at the Humboldt Forum and in Dahlem, will get a new director in January.
President Mattarella of Italy visits the Museumsinsel
13.10.2021 - Last stop of the state visit to Germany took in the Pergamon Museum and the Neues Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Mattarella delighted
DFG funding survey: SPK raises 21.5 million euros
06.10.2021 - The figures published in the DFG's latest survey of funding highlight the importance of the SPK for Germany as a center of research.
SPK to become climate neutral by 2035
01.10.2021 - A foundation-wide task force has developed a vision for an SPK that acts sustainably in ecological, social, and economic respects. It has appointed sustainability officers, who…
Rieckhallen saved!
23.09.2021 - The State of Berlin intends to acquire the Rieckhallen at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. To this effect, it has signed a memorandum of understanding with…
Worlds in the West Wing: Staatliche Museen open in the Humboldt Forum
22.09.2021 - After years spent moving the collections of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, they are finally on show in the heart of Berlin, with an additional focus…
Encore! Winners of the 2021 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition
16.09.2021 - On 15 September 2021, awards were presented to the winners in the violin and piano trio categories. Congratulations from the SPK.
SPK begins research into the origins of human remains in a historical collection from West Africa
14.09.2021 - The provenance of human skulls from what was German West Africa is being investigated in a three-year joint research project at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte. It is funded…
In memoriam Peter Hofmann
13.09.2021 - It is with deep sorrow that the SPK announces the death of its former Vice President at the age of 89.