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Hermann Parzinger on the results of the “20 Years of Washington Principles: Roadmap for the Future” international specialist conference Together with the German Lost Art Foundation and Kulturstiftung der Länder, the cultural foundation of the German states, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussi

As part of a project launched in 2021, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History at the State Museums in Berlin has investigated the provenance of nearly 600 skulls from the former German colonies in West Africa, in collaboration with researchers from Togo and Cameroon. The findings of this project

The statuette of a satyr had long been kept in the Collection of Classical Antiquities of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin as a foreign possession. In 2019, it was finally clarified that it came from Kassel. We cordially invite you to the handover (with photo opportunity) on 3 March 2020, at 1 p.m. a

Museum directors from 38 African and European countries agree to establish a network, an ongoing discussion on the role of museums and cultural heritage and joint travelling exhibitions - Parzinger: "It's about a new relationship At a conference initiated and supported by the SPK, the Ethnological M

Human remains that were in the collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin were returned to Australia today, 5 December 2024. Together with the Australian Embassy, the Ethnological Museum organised a memorial service for the ancestors, who are now travelling home. They w

The International Day of Provenance Research will take place for the sixth time on 10 April 2024. This year, the SPK institutions will once again provide insights into the work of their provenance researchers The National Museums in Berlin are offering guided tours on provenance research and the his

In cooperation with the SPK and the Research Center for Material Culture of the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures, the German Lost Art Foundation is holding a digital conference on cultural assets from colonial contexts. The debate about returning cultural assets to former colonial areas is hi

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has today received back two major gouache paintings by the Berlin artist Adolph von Menzel (1815-1905), which were thought to have been lost for over sixty years. The works were identified following a tip-off from Christie's auction house, where they were to

The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, unanimously decided on Tuesday that Dr Alexis von Poser should take over the position of Deputy Director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art. The Ethnologi

21.11.2018 Michaela Scheibe: The Detective Article Michaela Scheibe in search of lost books and their unknown owners Imagine wanting to make a mystery movie. The setting is the endless stacks of a famous library. The detective is a woman, of course; a shrewd lady who searches not only for lost books