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At the end of the 50th year of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Germany's largest cultural institution can look back on the most successful year in its history. With an increase of around 20 per cent compared to the previous year, the number of visitors to the National Museums in Berlin ro

Traineeship / Legal Traineeship If you hold a degree beyond a bachelor’s degree (e.g., Master’s, M.A., first state examination), you can complete a training program at the Foundation to prepare for a career in higher-level library or archival services. Legal trainees can complete their administrativ

Good scientific practice Scientific work is based on certain fundamental principles. First and foremost are the honesty and integrity of scientists. An important task of scientific institutions is to ensure that the principles of good scientific practice are applied. Rules for safeguarding good scie

As part of the German-Polish Forum, various cultural artefacts have today been returned to the Republic of Poland; these had been confiscated or removed during the German occupation of Poland in the Second World War. The SPK is returning a medieval manuscript containing part of the text of the Polis

At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation appointed Dr Stefan Weber as the new Director of the Museum of Islamic Art at the National Museums in Berlin. From 1 February 2009, the 41-year-old will be the immediate successor to the current Director, Prof.

The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy today awarded Hermann Parzinger the Grand Cross of the Order of Alfonso X the Wise (Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio) in Segovia. This is one of the highest Spanish honours for services to research, literature, art and education. Parzinger received the honour

Museums in Germany reported a total of 109,196,469 museum visits in 2010. This represents an increase of 2.2 per cent compared to 2009, and is the highest number of visits since the survey of visitor numbers began in 1981. The results are part of the overall statistical survey of museums and exhibit

It's a revolution in museums: with the CultLab3D scanning line, collection artefacts can be captured in three dimensions and converted into authentic digital models in just a few minutes. While 3D reproduction techniques for museum treasures were previously expensive and, above all, time-consuming,

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

SPK Institute for Museum Research publishes the first population-representative study on trust in museums in Germany Museums enjoy the highest level of trust in Germany. This is the conclusion of a study by the Institute for Museum Research. According to the study, museums in particular have the pot