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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. Last December, Foreign Minister Baerbock and the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, returned the

At its meeting on June 5, 2021 in Berlin, the chapter of the order held a regular election for the office of chancellor and the dual offices of vice chancellor. On June 5, 2021, SPK President Hermann Parzinger was elected chancellor of the Pour le mérite order. He succeeded the developmental biologi

It was a historic encounter: today, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the directors of the German museums in the Benin Dialogue Group, the cultural affairs ministers of the Länder, and representatives of the German Foreign Office agreed on a joint statement concerning th

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) took part in a visit to Nigeria organized by the German Foreign Office from May 17 to 21. He made the following statement on the discussions held there concerning the Benin Bronzes: "Our st

The SPK president comments on the recommendations of the Scientific Board presented today. The goal is to "strengthen the potential for development and not to damage ... the special aura, but to enhance [it]." On July 13, 2020, the German Council of Science and Humanities presented the results of it

Museum site, research campus, storage facility: on Monday, SPK President Hermann Parzinger discussed plans for Dahlem at a meeting of the Berlin House of Representatives’ Committee on Cultural Affairs. Parzinger declared that “the doors will remain open at the Dahlem museum site.” The Museum Europäi

SPK President hopes for „further progress towards solving the case“ of the Big Maple Leaf The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Foundation), Hermann Parzinger, has thanked the Berlin police force for its „excellent detective work into the burglary at the Bode Mus

One year ago, the Act to Amend the Law on the Protection of Cultural Property came into force. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz draws a positive conclusion. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considers the developments following the amendment of Germ

Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger Hermann Parzinger, a prehistorian and professor, has been President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz since 2008. He still directs research projects and publishes regularly. He has received numerous awards. The President of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, P

President and Vice President The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz is prehistorian Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger. It has had three other presidents before him. Gero Dimter took up the office of vice president in 2019. The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Prof. Dr.