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One year ago, the collector Erich Marx died at the age of 99. Around 200 invited guests honoured the great collector and patron today at a memorial service at the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, the museum whose creation and success Erich Marx had significantly supported with the

Human remains in the collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin are returned to Australia. The Australian government has been in dialogue with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) for several years regarding human remains from the collections of the Ethnologi

Leni Riefenstahl's estate - donated to the SPK in 2018 in disorganised boxes containing photos, films, notes, letters, manuscripts and other documents - has since been successively processed and made accessible for use. The holdings harbour enormous research potential. At the same time, the collecti

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will expand the Museum Berggruen in Berlin-Charlottenburg in accordance with today's decision by the Foundation Council. The family of Heinz Berggruen, who died in February 2007, intends to expand the holdings of the Museum Berggruen with high-calibre long-t

The Ibero-American Institute (IAI) received a valuable collection of contemporary prints and a sculpture from the Mexican Embassy as a generous donation from the Mexican government. The portfolio entitled "Estampas, independencia y revolución" (Prints, Independence and Revolution) brings together a

Parzinger: We are ready for immediate return and are waiting for signals from the countries of origin In a project launched in 2017, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin) worked with scientis

Following an initial restitution in 2012, works from the collection of Prof Dr Curt Glaser (1879 - 1943) were recently identified again at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Prof Glaser, museum director and art collector, lost his position in 1933 due to his Jewish descent and emigrated. The

Parzinger: Day of joy and appreciation for the Nationalgalerie / Celebration with Minister of State for Culture Grütters and Governing Mayor Müller at the Villa von der Heydt Now that it has been decided who will build the Museum of the 20th Century at Berlin's Kulturforum, the collector couple Ulla

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has handed over nine manuscripts to the German Historical Museum Foundation (DHM) that were in the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage. The military-historical works belonged to the armoury library until the armoury was dissolved and were trans

On 11 February 2022, the SPK will hand over the human remains of 32 individuals to representatives of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). These have been in the care of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin since 2011. At the end of 2021, the SPK Board of Trustees