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Out of the postcolonial trenches, or moving beyond Eurocentric ideas about education? Johann Michael Möller and Nikolaus Bernau debate the significance of ethnological collections in 2024.

It marks the end of a long journey: after more than 140 years, human remains from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the State Museums in Berlin have been returned to Australia in a formal ceremony. They were received by a group of men who had travelled a long way to witness this moment.

Let’s be cheerful and upbeat: SPK President Hermann Parzinger looks back on 2024

Hidden Gems today with Gesine Bahr, an editor at head office

Everything has changed overnight in Syria: but what will become of this country? Thoughts and hopes from the director of the Museum of Islamic Art

SPK President Hermann Parzinger: Our museums at the Humboldt Forum are engaging with the world; this requires openness, courage and determination to ensure these debates are productive

In December 2024, a delegation from the Berlin State Museums travelled to Togo and visited communities across the country. Bernhard Heeb from the Museum of Prehistory and Early History recounts their experiences

A spacious architectural design featuring woven spheres that organically connect objects with their context. This Thursday, the Humboldt Forum opens a new highlight with “Tanzania’s History(ies)”

The recent flooding disaster in Spain has shown once again that the effects of climate change are a real threat – including to cultural heritage. The 7th International SiLK Conference at the James Simon Gallery sought solutions under the motto ‘Learning from crises – preparing for future threat scen

Not much is known about the Benedictine monk Ranulf Higden (c. 1280–1364) from Chester. Yet he was one of the most famous English scholars of the late Middle Ages and the author of an extensive world chronicle. Now, two researchers at the Berlin State Library – Prussian Cultural Heritage have made a