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  1. Gipsformerei: Sustainable Building Solutions Wanted! (27.01.2022)

    A design competition has been launched for the overhaul and extension of the Gipsformerei of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The brief calls for a preliminary design that is sustainable, functional and architecturally compelling. On January 25, 2022, the Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (Fede

  2. U.S. Courts Lack Jurisdiction for Guelph Treasure Lawsuit, Appeals Court Confirms (17.07.2023)

    The Guelph Treasure has been the subject of an action for restitution in the United States since 2015. In 2022, the SPK's motion to dismiss the lawsuit was granted. The appellate court has now confirmed this decision. The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) of the Staatliche Museen zu Ber

  3. Lehmann: Humboldt Forum Needs the Supervisory Authority of SPK (20.09.2022)

    Former SPK President Klaus-Dieter Lehmann recalls the ideas that led to the creation of the “palace of world cultures.” Former SPK President Klaus-Dieter Lehmann has called for the SPK to be granted “greater responsibility for the program” of the Humboldt Forum. That would give the Forum the overall

  4. 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

  5. Volontariat

    Volontariat Ein Volontariat bei der SPK ermöglicht Ihnen einen tiefen Einblick in die vielfältigen Aufgaben einer kulturellen Institution und bereitet Sie optimal auf eine Karriere im Kulturbereich vor. Sie wollen sich im Anschluss an Ihr Studium auf eine Tätigkeit im musealen Bereich vorbereiten? W

  6. Shared Heritage: Craftsmen from Palau and Fiji at the Humboldt Forum (16.08.2022)

    Starting in September, the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will be showcasing masterpieces of Oceanic architecture and boat building in its exhibition spaces at the Humboldt Forum. Craftsmen from Palau and the Fiji Islands were recently in Berlin to work on a traditional mee

  7. Parzinger: Benin Bronzes Must Be Publicly Exhibited (09.05.2023)

    SPK president reacts to media reports that Nigeria’s departing President Buhari has transferred ownership of all objects to Oba Ewuare II, the successor to the kings of Benin. Last December, Foreign Minister Baerbock and the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, returned the

  8. A Spirit of Optimism: 2021 Annual Report Released (01.07.2022)

    “How will we build the future?” asks the recently published annual report of the SPK, which focuses on the internal changes underway at the Foundation and the people behind them. The 2021 Annual Report of the SPK has now been published. In his foreword, SPK President Hermann Parzinger recalls a “yea

  9. First German Return of "Benin Bronzes" (01.07.2022)

    Commemorative head and relief plaque from the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin The collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin currently include more than 500 objects from the former Kingdom of Benin, which forms part of present-day Nigeria. In 1897,

  10. President Mattarella of Italy visits the Museumsinsel (13.10.2021)

    Last stop of the state visit to Germany took in the Pergamon Museum and the Neues Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Mattarella delighted Yesterday afternoon the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, visited the Pergamon Museum and the Neues Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Natio