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  1. Priorities of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in 2023 (16.02.2023)

    Annual reception at the Pergamonmuseum - Parzinger: "We will resolve the reform backlog and enable the institutions to take on more responsibility and autonomy - but at the same time further develop the SPK foundation network. At the annual reception on Wednesday evening, the institutions of the Pru

  2. SPK restitutes three works from the Littmann Collection (15.02.2023)

    Three works from the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen restituted, one of which remains in the museum as a gift from descendants On Wednesday, 15 February 2023, the SPK restituted three works from the Neue Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to the heirs of the lawyer Ismar Lit

  3. SPK restitutes statuette of a Maria Lactans to the heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt (24.01.2023)

    On Friday 20 January, the SPK returned a statuette of a 16th century Maria Lactans (Nursing Mother of God) to the heirs of the Jewish banker and entrepreneur Jakob Goldschmidt. The work had been acquired in 1936 for the sculpture collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (then: Königliche Museen

  4. Results of provenance research on skulls from German East Africa published (18.01.2023)

    Parzinger: We are ready for immediate return and are waiting for signals from the countries of origin In a project launched in 2017, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin) worked with scientis

  5. Now new: The fresh SPKmagazine - online! (31.03.2023)

    The SPK's new web magazine is better, fresher, richer in images. Completely new presentation of content from the SPK's entire range of topics at spkmagazin.de, made possible by the Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz With the launch of SPKmagazin, SPK presents its immense thematic breadth in a new o

  6. "Where does the future begin?" Annual Report 2022 shows external perspectives on the SPK (09.08.2023)

    The new annual report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has been published. It looks back on the important events of 2022 - such as the securing of the Rieckhallen, the discovery of a Rembrandt, restitutions such as the Benin bronzes, the opening of the museums in the Humboldt Forum and t

  7. Welfenschatz: Court of Appeals confirms that US courts lack jurisdiction over 2015 lawsuit against SPK (15.07.2023)

    Following the unanimous decision of the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeal once again halts the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today affirmed the 2022 decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washi

  8. Kogi masks are restituted (16.06.2023)

    SPK restitutes Kogi masks to Colombia - Handover during a visit by Colombian President Gustavo Petro to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Schloss Bellevue on 16 June 2023 - Roth: "Restitution helps the traditions and customs of the Kogi to be respected" The Ethnological Museum of the Nati

  9. "4plus - Children in the Museum": Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and FRÖBEL kindergartens launch new project for early childhood education (17.05.2023)

    Children between the ages of four and six are at the centre of a new educational project entitled "4plus - Children in the Museum", in which the National Museums in Berlin of the Prussian Cultural Foundation want to work together with Berlin's FRÖBEL kindergartens in the long term. "4plus - Children

  10. museum4punkt0: Joint project for digital cultural mediation nears successful conclusion (03.05.2023)

    The Germany-wide joint project for digital cultural mediation, museum4punkt0, is presenting the results of its work at a two-day closing event that opened today at the Kulturforum in Berlin. / museum4punkt0 | workbook published as a "toolbox" for practitioners The aim of museum4punkt0 was to make mu