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  1. New Yearbook of Prussian Cultural Heritage published (19.12.2011)

    Volume 46 of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook documents the successful work and high-profile activities of the Foundation and its five institutions in 2010, focussing on the areas of building, exhibitions, research, acquisitions and cooperation. The Kolonnadenhof was ceremoniously reopened as

  2. New Yearbook of Prussian Cultural Heritage published (25.01.2013)

    Volume 47 of the Yearbook of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has just been published. It documents the diverse, high-profile activities of the Foundation and its five institutions in 2011, with a particular focus on the anniversary of the State Library, the Humboldt Forum, classical studie

  3. National research project ILLICID aims to investigate illegal trade in cultural property in Germany (04.03.2015)

    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

  4. Restrictions on Europe's cultural heritage institutions overcome by EU biocide regulation - SPK achieves national re-legalisation of in-situ-generated nitrogen to combat pest infestations (24.08.2023)

    Insects threaten precious cultural assets worldwide. Since the publication of "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson in 1962, which documented the detrimental effects of pesticide use on the environment, more sustainable pest control technologies have been researched and developed. In recent decades, more

  5. Thinking plants: 4A_Lab Academy sheds light on interdependencies between humans and plants (30.10.2024)

    From 4 to 8 November 2024, the 4A_Lab invites you to the interdisciplinary academy "Ecological Entanglements across Collections - Plant Lives and Beyond" in Berlin. In dialogue with researchers, experts and an interested audience, ways of thinking about plant and non-human life forms will be examine

  6. Verena Lepper from the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection becomes the new director of the Getty Villa in Los Angeles (27.08.2025)

    Prof Dr Verena Lepper, currently curator at the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, is leaving Berlin for California. The 52-year-old Egyptologist and orientalist will head the Getty Villa in Los Angeles in future. The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades is one of the two locations of the J. Paul G

  7. Reform of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation finalised (01.12.2025)

    New SPK Act in force - Foundation Board elects Executive Board - Articles of Association and Rules of Procedure approved Weimer: SPK becomes future-proof and even more efficient - Ackermann: New Board of Directors will be responsible for the overall strategic direction in future The new law for the

  8. Foundation President Hermann Parzinger on the Science Council's recommendations: a first step and a great opportunity (13.07.2020)

    The German Council of Science and Humanities today presented the results of its evaluation of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Foundation President Hermann Parzinger comments: "I would like to thank the German Council of Science and Humanities for the comprehensive analysis, the critical d

  9. Metropolises and megacities - once and now. An event in the Science Year 2012 - Future Project EARTH (06.09.2012)

    More than half of the world's population already lives in cities. The trend towards megacities is continuing. At the event "Metropolises and megacities - past and present" on 12 September 2012, experts will shed light on the phenomenon of urbanisation from a historical and current perspective and di

  10. The 'foreigner' and me: migration and integration as an opportunity. An event in the Year of Science 2013 - The demographic opportunity (22.05.2013)

    "Das 'Fremde' und ich - Migration und Integration als Chance" - this is the title of a panel of experts discussing demographic change from different perspectives on 30 May 2013 from 12 noon at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities at Gendarmenmarkt. The joint event organised by t