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  1. Talented young musicians take the stage (20.12.2021)

    From January 12 to 16, 2022, young musicians will compete in the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition in the piano and composition categories. This year, it is the turn of the best students in the piano and composition categories to compete in the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conserva

  2. Parzinger: a first step and a great opportunity (13.07.2020)

    The SPK president comments on the recommendations of the Scientific Board presented today. The goal is to "strengthen the potential for development and not to damage ... the special aura, but to enhance [it]." On July 13, 2020, the German Council of Science and Humanities presented the results of it

  3. About us

    About us With its museums, libraries, archives, and research institutes, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) is one of the important cultural institutions in the world. Its outstanding collections include all areas of cultural tradition: from archaeological

  4. Report on the international conference “Kulturgut in Gefahr: Raubgrabungen und illegaler Handel“ (26.05.2015)

    On 11 and 12 December 2014, experts in the fields of politics, science and practical implementation discussed measures to protect cultural assets with around 300 participants. The international conference in the Weltsaal of the Federal Foreign Office concluded with an urgent appeal to clamp down on

  5. Restitutions: Works Restored to the Descendants of Carl Heumann (04.07.2022)

    Several German museums have returned a total of five works of art that originally belonged to the collection of Chemnitz banker Carl Heumann. On July 4, five works of art from several German museums were transferred to the heirs of Chemnitz banker Carl Heumann at the Städtische Galerie (Municipal Ga

  6. The Cases Are Becoming More Complicated (03.12.2018)

    Hermann Parzinger on the results of the “20 Years of Washington Principles: Roadmap for the Future” international specialist conference Together with the German Lost Art Foundation and Kulturstiftung der Länder, the cultural foundation of the German states, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussi

  7. Position Paper of the International Participants of the Symposium Held Prior to the Opening of the East Wing of the Humboldt Forum (20.09.2022)

    During a three-day symposium held from September 12–14, approximately 80 international partners of the Humboldt Forum from Africa, America, Asia and Oceania developed their views on the prospects for long-term, sustainable cooperation with the Forum. In a statement titled “Dignity – Continuity – Tra

  8. Acquisition History of the Troy Collection in Berlin (28.07.2021)

    Long-term conservation of Heinrich Schliemann's files The Koordinierungsstelle für die Erhaltung des schriftlichen Kulturguts (Coordination Office for the Preservation of the Written Cultural Heritage) (KEK) has made funds available for conservation work to secure the long-term survival of files lef

  9. Wartime Casualty Returns to the Antikensammlung (05.05.2020)

    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

  10. Restitution to Alaska Natives (16.05.2018)

    Ethnological Museum returns grave goods to indigenous peoples from Southwestern Alaska and plans further co-operation with Chugach Alaska Corporation. On May 16, Hermann Parzinger, president of Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK, Prussian Cultural heritage Foundation), handed over nine objects f