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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

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

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

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recently restituted six books from the holdings of the Berlin State Library to the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria. The volumes come from the Jewish Community's former Cossmann Werner Library, which once comprised more than 10,000 volumes. As pa

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

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

Closing date: 13.06.2024, 2.30 pm SPK restitutes 25 objects from the Collection of Classical Antiquities with dubious provenance to Italy - Contract signed with Minister of State for Culture Roth and Italian Minister of Culture Sangiuliano in Berlin - Parzinger: Restitution agreement intensifies coo

Kick-off weekend at the end of May / Parzinger: Every Berlin school class should visit the "island" at least once The "200 Years of Museum Island Berlin" anniversary, which the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be organising together with numerous partners over the next five years, is set t

Parzinger: Federal Government significantly strengthens the SPK - thanks to Claudia Roth The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be significantly strengthened in the 2025 federal budget. SPK President Hermann Parzinger thanked Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth and her organisation: "

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is becoming more female - this was confirmed by the Board of Trustees on Monday with its personnel decisions: Dr Anette Hüsch, currently Director of the Kunsthalle zu Kiel, will take over as Director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Be