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  1. Winner of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize (29.01.2015)

    The press images in this list can no longer be downloaded. If you are interested in using an image, please send an e-mail to the press office . Press release "Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the Colombian ethnologist and ethnolinguist Juan A. Eche

  2. 50 years of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: a great success story (24.07.2007)

    On 25 July 1957, the law on the establishment of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation was passed by the German Bundestag. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, emphasised: "The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) is a great success story. Th

  3. Guelph Treasure entered in the register of nationally valuable cultural assets (23.02.2015)

    The press images in this list can no longer be downloaded. If you are interested in using an image, please send an e-mail to the press office . News "Guelph Treasure and Alexander von Humboldt's travel diaries placed under protection" (23.02.2015) News "Legal dispute over the Guelph Treasure in the

  4. The "Forum Transregionale Studien" is founded (19.10.2009)

    The "Forum Transregionale Studien" was founded on 16 October 2009 at the official residence of the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. It is based on a recommendation by the Berlin Science Commission, which sees this type of study as a special opportunity to raise Berlin's intern

  5. Benin bronzes: Agreement for repatriation still in 2022 (28.06.2022)

    SPK President Parzinger: Objects should be returned to Nigeria "as quickly as possible" - Long-term loans at the Humboldt Forum An agreement on the transfer of ownership and loans for the so-called Benin bronzes in the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin is to be

  6. Yearbook of Prussian Cultural Heritage 2013 published (09.01.2015)

    The 49th volume of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook, which looks back on 2013, was published at the turn of the year. Numerous articles illustrate the range of topics that concern the foundation. Particularly interesting on the occasion of the current developments surrounding the Kulturforum:

  7. Talks continue on handling Benin bronzes and on a roadmap for planned returns in 2022 (08.07.2021)

    Nigerian delegation visits Germany: guests view Humboldt Forum and objects in Dahlem As part of a visit to Germany organised by the Federal Foreign Office, the Nigerian partners and Sir David Adjaye, the architect of the "Edo State Museum of West African Art" (EMOWAA) being built in Benin City, visi

  8. Henrietta Lidchi becomes the new director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art (11.12.2025)

    Henrietta Lidchi will be the new Director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art as well as Director of the Collections in the Humboldt Forum from May 2026. She succeeds Lars-Christian Koch, who has moved to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony. Henrietta Lidchi studied Anthr

  9. Annual press conference 2017 (08.02.2017)

    For the first time outside the Villa von der Heydt: at the 2017 annual press conference at the Altes Museum, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presented its plans for the coming year. SPK President and the directors of the five institutions gave an outlook and took stock The Prussian Cultura

  10. "museum4punkt0": Sub-project XD - xplore Digital (08.05.2017)

    Today sees the launch of "museum4punkt0 - Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future". The National Museums in Berlin are involved with the sub-project "XD - xplore Digital". The National Museums in Berlin are part of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. With their collections and researc