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Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh and brother of King Charles III, visited Museum Island Berlin on 22 May On May 22, a limousine pulled up next to the flight of steps in front of James-Simon-Galerie. Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh and brother of King Charles III, stepped out to shake hands with

SPK will return two mummified heads (Toi moko) of tattooed Māori men from the collections of the Ethnologisches Museum to New Zealand. In 2003, the government of New Zealand mandated that the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa repatriate Māori human remains to New Zealand. Hermann Parzinger, Pr

New board chairperson: Helen Müller replaces Thorsten Strauß Thorsten Strauß, who has been active on the Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees for thirteen years and has served as its chairperson since 2014, is stepping down. He is leaving Deutsche Bank, which he represented on the board, to

Dossier: Nachhaltigkeit Nicht zuletzt die verheerenden Hochwasserkatastrophen, Waldbrände von enormer Fläche oder steigende Wasserknappheit machten überdeutlich, dass der menschengemachte Klimawandel sich Bahn bricht. Zahlreiche internationale und nationale Kultureinrichtungen haben sich in den letz

Kunst, Raub und Rückgabe Das Erinnerungsprojekt „Kunst, Raub und Rückgabe – Vergessene Lebensgeschichten“ erzählt von verlorener Kunst und von Juden und Jüdinnen, die einst das Kulturleben Deutschlands entscheidend geprägt haben, die aber von den Nationalsozialisten verfemt, entrechtet, verfolgt, au

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

Foundation Board approves lease, but purchase of the property remains long-term goal The German federal government and the real estate company CA Immo Deutschland GmbH have taken the first step toward securing Hamburger Bahnhof’s continued future as a center of arts and culture. They have agreed tha

SPK Foundation Board appoints Dagmar Hirschfelder as the successor of Michael Eissenhauer as director of the Gemäldegalerie SPK Foundation Board decided on June 29, 2021: Dr. Dagmar Hirschfelder, who currently heads the paintings and graphics department of the Kurpfälzisches Museum in Heidelberg, wi

The SPK has recently returned a friendship album to the Luther Memorials Foundation. It dates from the Reformation era and contains an entry by Philipp Melanchthon. It will become part of the permanent exhibition at the Lutherhaus in Wittenberg, from where it was stolen in 1976. Until it was stolen,

Architectural practice Gerkan, Marg and Partner (gmp) wins design competition for the comprehensive refurbishment and extension of the Gipsformerei. A winner has been announced in the competition launched by the Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (Federal Office for Building and Regional Plannin