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  1. Museums from Africa and Europe break new ground: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Humboldt Forum support international conference in Dakar (28.04.2023)

    Museum directors from 38 African and European countries agree to establish a network, an ongoing discussion on the role of museums and cultural heritage and joint travelling exhibitions - Parzinger: "It's about a new relationship At a conference initiated and supported by the SPK, the Ethnological M

  2. Topping-out ceremony in Friedrichshagen (24.04.2023)

    Depot location of the National Museums in Berlin takes shape Berlin. In Berlin-Friedrichshagen, under the direction of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) and on behalf of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), a multifunctional depot building is being built for the

  3. The Museum der Moderne "berlin modern" at the Kulturforum will be a sustainable building for all (18.04.2023)

    The plans for the Museum der Moderne at the Kulturforum have been significantly revised and further developed since the ground-breaking ceremony in December 2019. In addition to a large-scale photovoltaic system on the roof, the building has also undergone numerous other changes that will make it mu

  4. SPK returns human remains and grave goods to Hawai'i (11.04.2023)

    A few days ago, the SPK handed over four iwi kūpuna (human remains of Hawaiian descent) and seven moepū (grave goods) to Hui Iwi Kuamo'o, an organisation of Hawaiian First Nations representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). The human remains had been in the care of the Museum of Prehistory an

  5. The refurbishment of the Berggruen Museum begins (07.09.2023)

    The visitor magnet in Berlin-Charlottenburg is being expanded into a modern museum. Meanwhile, the museum is on a successful world tour in Japan and China Berlin. The entire museum has been closed to visitors for just under a year due to the need to completely renovate the Stülerbau West, the head b

  6. Human remains from Tanzania: Confirmation of relationships to living persons for the first time (05.09.2023)

    Provenance research on human remains leads to modern-day descendants for the first time - DNA analysis proves clear relationships In a project launched in 2017, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin, together with scientists from Rwanda, analysed the provenance

  7. "A day in the countryside" - summer festival at the Berlin Kulturforum as the finale of the cultural summer festival (29.08.2023)

    For the second time, a "Day in the Green" will take place on 3 September at Berlin's Kulturforum and celebrate the finale of the Cultural Summer Festival. Together with the St. Matthew Foundation, the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, the Neue Nationalgalerie, the Gemäldeg

  8. Restrictions on Europe's cultural heritage institutions overcome by EU biocide regulation - SPK achieves national re-legalisation of in-situ-generated nitrogen to combat pest infestations (24.08.2023)

    Insects threaten precious cultural assets worldwide. Since the publication of "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson in 1962, which documented the detrimental effects of pesticide use on the environment, more sustainable pest control technologies have been researched and developed. In recent decades, more

  9. Opportunity or burden? Reform of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (06.12.2023)

    Dossier on the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published by Politik & Kultur What does the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation do? And above all, what makes it special? Who and what belongs to it? Who wants to have a say in its future organisation? What is its history? Is the necessary trans

  10. Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and partners present a new model of international co-curation and collaboration (01.12.2023)

    For the first time, the Indian public can experience the great artistic achievements of the ancient Mediterranean alongside the country's own cultural treasures. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) - "a museum of ideas" in Mumbai - is presenting ancient sculptures to mark 75 y