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A ceremony was held today at the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin to prepare two mummified and tattooed Māori heads (Toi moko) for their repatriation to New Zealand. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), to which the Ethnological Museum belongs, had decided to return

bpk picture agency launches new website on Abisag Tüllmann's photojournalistic work - 10,000 digital views of original prints, backsheets, contact sheets, colour slides and documents from 40 years To mark the 85th birthday of photographer Abisag Tüllmann (1935-1996), the bpk picture agency is launch

Special funds from the Coordination Centre for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage (KEK) are once again being used to support projects at the SPK: The Geheime Staatsarchiv PK will restore and digitise the estate of the architect Franz Schwechten. The Berlin State Library is continuing the

From 1 February 2021, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin will welcome its users to the splendidly renovated building on Unter den Linden - opening ceremony on 25 January with a speech by Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble Completely renovated and modernised, equipped with a general and six reading ro

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the legal dispute over the Guelph Treasure. The legal question at issue was whether US courts have jurisdiction over the case at all. A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is expected in the course of next year. Hermann Parzinger: "We are pleased

At its adjustment meeting on 26 November 2020, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved a special programme for the preservation of the historical buildings of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. By 2025, a total of over 76 million euros will be available to preserve the Foundati

Directorate of the Gemäldegalerie to be re-advertised - Management of the Nationalgalerie to be divided into three positions - Grütters and Parzinger thank Michael Eissenhauer On 23 November 2020, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Cu

Work is currently starting on site for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. The Haus der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is being built according to plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Several measures are necessary to prepare the area for the construction work. The southbound l

On 10 November 2020, the exhibition "Iron Age - Europe without Borders" opens at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Around 1600 objects from the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage and the three Russian partner museums will provi

Parzinger on the corona crisis: Museums will close to the public from Monday (2 November) until the end of the month - archives and libraries will remain open under certain conditions The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, explains the corona crisis: "The numb