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Foundation Board authorises Marion Ackermann to return objects with human remains to Ghana and to hold talks with Australian authorities about spiritual objects The Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin has four objects from Kpando in present-day Ghana with human remains attached to

In the course of the German-Polish intergovernmental consultations, 73 documents from the time of the Teutonic Order from the holdings of the Prussian Secret State Archives were returned to Poland today, Monday, at the Federal Chancellery. These are archival documents that were removed from the Wars

New SPK Act in force - Foundation Board elects Executive Board - Articles of Association and Rules of Procedure approved Weimer: SPK becomes future-proof and even more efficient - Ackermann: New Board of Directors will be responsible for the overall strategic direction in future The new law for the

The Institute for Museum Research reports: 107.4 million visits to museums and exhibition centres in 2024 - museums show more special exhibitions again - data collected for zoos, animal parks and botanical gardens for the first time Museums and exhibition centres in Germany enjoyed a 1.3 percent inc

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

Why not give the gift of a visit to the museum! Christmas offers from the museums of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation - with an annual ticket 2026 to Brancusi, Panton or Dschinghis Khan No present yet? Why not save yourself the stress of Christmas and take a relaxed look at our online shops

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation grants free admission to its museums up to and including Thursday for those affected by the power outage The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is offering all visitors affected by the current power outage in Berlin free admission to all museums of the Nation

The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2026 starts on 7 January in the subjects of piano and chamber music with wind instruments The oldest German competition for young musicians in the fields of piano and chamber music with wind instruments will be held from 7 to 11 January 2026. Th

Leni Riefenstahl's estate - donated to the SPK in 2018 in disorganised boxes containing photos, films, notes, letters, manuscripts and other documents - has since been successively processed and made accessible for use. The holdings harbour enormous research potential. At the same time, the collecti

The SPK has restituted the painting "Eleonore von Wilke" by Lovis Corinth from the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie to the heirs of Ismar and Käthe Littmann. They subsequently donated it to the museum, where it will continue to be on display following the Corinth exhibition. Ismar Littmann (18