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Commemorative head and relief plaque from the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin The collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin currently include more than 500 objects from the former Kingdom of Benin, which forms part of present-day Nigeria. In 1897,

Foundation Board selects Carolin Schreiber to head the Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Starting in the fall of 2022, Carolin Schreiber will head up the newly established Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library). The

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 15 September 2021, awards were presented to the winners in the violin and piano trio categories. Congratulations from the SPK. Text The 2021 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition reached a spectacular conclusion yesterday. This year, it was the turn of the violinists and the piano

Photo artist June Newton passed away in Monte Carlo on April 9, 2021. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz mourns the loss of a good friend and reliable partner. It was with great dismay and deep sorrow that the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), learned of

Wolf Biermann hands over his archive and diaries to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz at a ceremony in the building on Unter den Linden. With the help of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media Affairs and the German States Cultural Foundation (KSL), the Staatsbibliot

Objects travel from Berlin to Namibia – long-term, collaborative research process with cultural heritage communities, artists and scientists 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will travel to Namibia on May 27 as part of the collaborative re

The museums of the SPK cease to open for the public from Monday, November 2, 2020 until the end of the month – its archives and libraries remain open, subject to conditions From Monday, November 2, 2020, until the end of the month, the SPK is no longer admitting members of the public to any of the m

In 2021, the Koordinierungsstelle für die Erhaltung des schriftlichen Kulturguts (KEK) celebrates its tenth anniversary. The joint federal and state project is based at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz. The Koordinierungsstelle für die Erhaltung des schriftlichen Kulturguts

In its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) authorized SPK President Hermann Parzinger "to conduct, in the framework of the joint negotiations of the Federal Republic of Germany with the relevant authorities in Nigeria,