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At a digital conference on October 27–28, 2020, the museum4punkt0 joint project is presenting new means of digital education and interpretation in museums and discussing current issues of digitality. The museum4punkt0 joint project develops, tests, evaluates, and publishes tools that fit into the mu

The SPK returned masks made by the Kogi people to Colombia during Colombian President Gustavo Petro Urrego’s visit with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Until recently, the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin) held

It was a historic encounter: today, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the directors of the German museums in the Benin Dialogue Group, the cultural affairs ministers of the Länder, and representatives of the German Foreign Office agreed on a joint statement concerning th

The Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and Berlin-based performance artist Ben Wagin commemorate an art intervention from 1976 with the planting of three trees in the outdoor space of the Neue Nationalgalerie. In 1976, performance artist Ben Wagin planted two black pines at the Neue

On October 7, the time had come at last: the new research campus in Dahlem opened its doors to the public for the first time and offered a preview of the future shape of the well-known museum ensemble. For two years now, a group of seven SPK institutions has been examining the question of how resear

A moving memorial ceremony was held in the Hamburger Bahnhof by the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the family in memory of the great art collector Erich Marx, who died last year. Erich Marx died one year ago, at the age of 99. Today, around two hundred invited guests paid tribute to the grea

SPOT // berlin art sessions is a new series of events starting in mid-July, in which DJ sessions are held exclusively at the museums and filmed. The video files are available for download worldwide. The SPK and its Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) bring you SPOT, organized jo

Pictures of the destruction of Palmyra, a world heritage site, have made the need for cultural heritage protection clear to all. Markus Hilgert, Director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, is working on many fronts for the sustainable preservation of cultural heritage. On

Image Brochure Once Around the World , the new image brochure, takes readers on a journey through a wide range of times, places, and stories involving SPK. Imagebroschüre der SPK © SPK / Mario Lombardo Once Around the World, the new image brochure, takes readers on a journey through a wide range of

After years spent moving the collections of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, they are finally on show in the heart of Berlin, with an additional focus on their colonial contexts. Together with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister of State for Culture Moni