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Toi moko from the Ethnological Museum return to New Zealand (12.10.2020)

A ceremony was held today at the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin to prepare two mummified and tattooed Māori heads (Toi moko) for their repatriation to New Zealand. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), to which the Ethnological Museum belongs, had decided to return

Museums, libraries and archives can now apply for funding for provenance research and investigation (14.07.2008)

Public museums, libraries and archives in Germany can now submit applications to the Provenance Research Centre to support provenance research projects. Funding totalling one million euros is available annually from the budget of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media for this

"museum4punkt0": Sub-project Explain, understand and participate in research in museums (08.05.2017)

"museum4punkt0 - Digital strategies for the museum of the future" starts today. The Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz is involved with the sub-project "Explaining, understanding and participating in museum research". The Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz (SMNG) is the second largest

Compete with the best: Five days of violin and piano trio competition (25.08.2021)

The best students in violin and piano trio will compete in the 2021 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition. The musicians will present their skills to the top-class jury of Germany's oldest competition for young talent in classical music from 11 to 15 September 2021 in Berlin. The partic

Central Procurement Services

Central Procurement Services The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation’s procurement procedures for the provision of construction, service and supply contracts are carried out in accordance with the applicable public procurement regulations: Act against Restrictions on Competition Regulation on the

A work by Eduard Gaertner believed to be lost returns to the Kupferstichkabinett (24.03.2022)

Work by Eduard Gaertner back in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - War loss turned up on the market - Consignor donated the work to the museum The work "Der Leipziger Platz in Berlin" (1862) by Eduard Gaertner recently returned to the Kupferstichkabinett. It was due to be a

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

Visitor days in the Pergamonmuseum south wing shortly before the start of construction - opening hours extended (27.02.2025)

More tickets available! 7 to 9 March 2025: Babylon in Berlin - Visitor Days at the Pergamonmuseum South Wing The first tickets for the visiting days at the Pergamonmuseum were sold out within a few days. On Monday, 3 March 2025, additional ticket contingents will be released for sale from 12 noon. A

Internships

Internships In parallel with secondary school, training, or university studies, you can get to know the Foundation’s institutions during an internship. The obligatory internship in conservation can also be completed at the Foundation. In internships for secondary school students, orientation, and un

Long-lost gold tablet returns to the Museum of the Ancient Near East of the National Museums in Berlin (04.12.2013)

Today in New York, a three-thousand-year-old gold tablet from Assur, which had been lost by the Museum of the Ancient Near East in the turmoil at the end of the war, was returned to the museum. The handover took place in Nassau County Surrogate's Court, presided over by Judge Edward W. McCarty. The

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