Inés de Castro will not be Collection Director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art
Press release from 02/13/2018
SPK President Parzinger regrets cancellation - We will soon present a new collection director
Inés de Castro, Director of the Linden-Museum Stuttgart, will not become Director of the collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin in the Humboldt Forum. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: "The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation regrets Inés de Castro's cancellation. We were delighted with her application and were in intensive discussions with her. She has now changed her mind. We will soon be presenting a new director for the collections in the Humboldt Forum and for the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art. We quickly need a reliable, strong and stable leader who can work in close dialogue and on an equal footing with the other partners and the future director of the Humboldt Forum."