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  1. Returns to Namibia and Tanzania: Foundation Board clears the way (27.06.2022)

    23 objects of the Ethnological Museum are to remain permanently in Namibia - agreement on returns to Tanzania also possible 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin can remain permanently in Namibia. The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural He

  2. Ngonnso’: Foundation Board clears the way for the return to Cameroon (27.06.2022)

    At its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation authorized SPK’s president Hermann Parzinger to conclude an agreement with the relevant authorities in Cameroon on the return of the so-called Ngonnso'. The female figure known as Ngonnso' originates from the his

  3. Gender Equality Plan

    Gender Equality Plan Die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz steht als Kultur- und Wissenschaftseinrichtung für Chancengleichheit, Weltoffenheit und die Vielfalt der Gesellschaft. In der Geschäftsordnung ist festgeschrieben, dass die Gleichstellung aller Menschen ein Leitprinzip der Stiftungsarbeit is

  4. Open Science

    Open Science SPK promotes cultural change in scientific working methods and communication. For greater transparency and quality in science and for broader participation. In November 2013, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) added its signature to the Berlin

  5. Next phase of exemplary partnership between SPK and Museums Association of Namibia starts (24.05.2022)

    Objects travel from Berlin to Namibia – long-term, collaborative research process with cultural heritage communities, artists and scientists 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will travel to Namibia on May 27 as part of the collaborative re

  6. Open access for research and culture (07.02.2022)

    SPK adopts Open Science declaration for greater transparency and quality in science, as well as broader public involvement Open science is a central topic not only in science and research, but also in the cultural sector and society as a whole. In addition to open access, it requires open data and o

  7. Multimedia archive for life stories of Jewish art-collectors (27.01.2022)

    The SPK and Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections) are launching a joint project in memory of those persecuted by the Nazis. The multimedia archive will record their lives and fates, revealing the personal stories behind restitution cases. The project will receive 6

  8. Restitution: SPK returns books to Le Figaro (11.03.2022)

    Books confiscated during World War II returned from the Staatsbibliothek to the French daily newspaper Le Figaro by the SPK On March 10, 2022, the Director General of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library), Achim Bonte, returned 33 books to representatives of the French newspaper Le F

  9. Return heralds collaboration between Luther Memorials and Staatsbibliothek (18.01.2022)

    The SPK has recently returned a friendship album to the Luther Memorials Foundation. It dates from the Reformation era and contains an entry by Philipp Melanchthon. It will become part of the permanent exhibition at the Lutherhaus in Wittenberg, from where it was stolen in 1976. Until it was stolen,

  10. Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz stands by Ukraine (04.03.2022)

    Parzinger: We support our Ukrainian colleagues The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) stands firmly by Ukraine and condemns the Russian government's brutal attack on this European country. As a sign of solidarity, Ukrainian flags are being flown on the Museums