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As part of a pilot project, the SPK has been researching the provenance of around a thousand human skulls from the former colony of German East Africa, which was located on the territory of the present-day countries of Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Mozambique, since the beginning of October. The pro

Portrait sketch was to be auctioned at Grisebach - After initial indications of its provenance from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the auction house contacted the SPK - Collector decided to return it The portrait of "Geheimer Oberregierungsrath Knerk" (ca. 1863/1865) is a study for the monumental

Based on the recommendations of the SPK Reform Commission, the SPK Foundation Board today adopted the key points of the structural reform. The autonomy of the museums, libraries, archives and research institutions belonging to the SPK is to be significantly strengthened. At the same time, they are t

Multimedia archive planned to commemorate victims of Nazi persecution - life stories behind restitution cases - BKM provides 690,000 euros in funding In a three-year project, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation with its National Museums in Berlin and the Bavarian State Painting Collections wil

What will become of Dahlem? From the idea of a "German Oxford" to a modern location for culture, research and teaching, the district in the south-west of Berlin has reinvented itself time and again as a museum location. 2024 is the year of Dahlem: the Geheime Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz ha

Collector transfers important works from the 1960s from Bruce Nauman to Lawrence Weiner / Parzinger: Important documents on the emergence of artistic ideas The collector Egidio Marzona has once again made a significant donation to the Art Library. Following the exhibition The Very First Edition. Art

From July 2015, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will publish a monthly newsletter. Subscribers receive the best overview of what is happening at the Foundation and the National Museums in Berlin, the Berlin State Library, the Ibero-American Institute, the State Institute for Music Research

The 44th volume of the yearbook reports on outstanding events and developments in 2007, including the ceremony marking the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation's founding, with a speech by Federal President Horst Köhler. This volume also contains the speeches on the occasion of the change in the o

Scientists discussed "The future of the humanities in a multipolar world" on the Museum Island. How is the future of the humanities shaping up in our multipolar world? What role do the humanities play in a 21st century society characterised by cultural and social change and how do they see their new

As part of the event "Mediale Welten - Wissen, Information und Kommunikation im digitalen Umbruch", experts will discuss the consequences and development potential of digital communication technologies and the associated future changes to the world of work in the fields of science and research on 1