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The war waged by the Islamic State terrorist militia against globally significant cultural sites in Iraq and Syria has brought the global problem of looted artefacts and illegal trafficking to a sadly topical level. When the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, together with the German Archaeologi

The illegal trade in cultural property in Germany is the focus of the new ILLICID research project. Over the next three years, this dark field will be analysed in detail. According to international organisations, profits from the illegal trade in cultural goods are an important pillar of organised c

The international conference "Cultural Property in Danger: Looted Excavations and Illegal Trade" begins this Thursday at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The two-day meeting of experts from Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Mozambique, Mexico, Greece and Germany is being organised by the Prussian Cu

In order to curb the illegal trade in antiquities from Iraq and Syria, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and UNESCO will work more closely together in future. A cooperation agreement to this effect has now been signed. The cooperation will focus on awareness-raising measures (as part of the

According to the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, the topping-out ceremony for the new Berlin Palace and the open building site days are a good opportunity to promote the outstanding collections on the art and culture of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the America

For some years now, the handling of non-European objects and their history has been the subject of public debate. In the course of intensified provenance research in all collections and also in preparation for the presentation in the Humboldt Forum, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is now p

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 Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today handed over a brick fragment from the 3rd millennium BC to Iraq. A private individual sent the valuable piece by post to the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in March 2015 and gave it to the museum as a gift for further safek

Kuratorium Preussischer Kulturbesitz supports guided tour and workshop programme for children, families and adults. The National Museums in Berlin of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation invite refugees in Berlin to familiarise themselves with selected museums and offer free guided tours and wo

Berlin, 7 October 2015 - The Humboldt Lab Dahlem is coming to an end after four years. You can still visit the final exhibition of the project, which was jointly realised by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, at the Dahlem Museums until 18 October.