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Anyone who is objectively involved with the work of museums in Germany knows that they go to great effort to disclose their holdings and create transparency. For the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, SPK), the debate on the object biographies in African colle

Work on the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum is now starting on site. The building for the National Museums in Berlin is designed by the celebrated Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Text A number of measures are needed to prepare the area at the Kulturforum for construction work. The

At its annual reception in 2022 at the James-Simon-Galerie, the Foundation introduced several new faces and its plans for the future. On April 27, 2022, the SPK held its annual reception. The event took place in James-Simon-Galerie, where member institutions shared a glimpse of this year's activitie

Beginning October 23, 2023, the Pergamonmuseum on Berlin's Museum Island will be completely closed for basic renovation and repair as part of the Museum Island Master Plan. It will reopen in the spring of 2027. Beginning October 23, 2023, the Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum) on Berlin's Museum Islan

Commemorative head and relief plaque from the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin The collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin currently include more than 500 objects from the former Kingdom of Benin, which forms part of present-day Nigeria. In 1897,

A Greek vase thought to be lost has reappeared in Magdeburg. It belonged to the Antikensammlung before the war. From late May onward, it will once again be on show in the Altes Museum. The vase is around 30 cm tall with a white coating, the slip, on which the farewell of a warrior is depicted in onc

A moving memorial ceremony was held in the Hamburger Bahnhof by the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the family in memory of the great art collector Erich Marx, who died last year. Erich Marx died one year ago, at the age of 99. Today, around two hundred invited guests paid tribute to the grea

King of the Cameroonian Nso' people saw the Ngonnso' statue at the Humboldt Forum for the first time on November 12, 2022. It was a long-awaited, a well-nigh historic trip for Fon Sehm Mbinglo I. On Saturday, November 12, for the first time since he ascended the throne more than 30 years ago, the ki

Artificial intelligence is being used to complete the fragment – the head of the music department of the Staatsbibliothek is skeptical Now you can see it again, but only until July 24: This kiss to the whole world! is an exhibition about the Beethoven collection of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Be

The two predella panels were originally part of the collection of Jewish businessman Harry Fuld Sr. In 1940 they were bought for the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Her