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  1. Two Medieval Predella Panels Restituted (30.08.2019)

    The two predella panels were originally part of the collection of Jewish businessman Harry Fuld Sr. In 1940 they were bought for the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Her

  2. Works from the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Skulpturensammlung restituted to Oppenheim heirs (22.01.2018)

    The SPK has worked successfully with the heirs to reach a good solution for Nazi-confiscated cultural property. Margarete Oppenheim (1857–1935) owned one of the largest art collections in Germany. A fair and just solution in accordance with the Washington Principles has been agreed for a total of el

  3. Forschungscampus Dahlem nimmt Gestalt an

    Forschungscampus Dahlem nimmt Gestalt an Wie sollte der Forschungscampus Dahlem Ihrer Meinung nach aussehen? Am Grundriss konnte am Aktionstag jeder*r selbst mitgestalten. © SPK/photothek.de/Thomas Trutschel Was werden die Besucherinnen und Besucher des Forschungscampus Dahlem in den nächsten Jahren

  4. Vaccination with art (04.06.2021)

    Works of art in Berlin's vaccination centers: large posters featuring objects from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin create a positive atmosphere. Since the beginning of June, large posters with art works from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin – Pr

  5. Tribute to Furniture Designer Erich Dieckmann in Halle and Berlin (12.05.2021)

    SPK and SMB to partner the state of Saxony-Anhalt: retrospective on Bauhaus designer Erich Dieckmann to open in spring 2022, produced by the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in collaboration with the Art Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt and Burg Giebichenstein Uni

  6. Gipsformerei: Sustainable Building Solutions Wanted! (27.01.2022)

    A design competition has been launched for the overhaul and extension of the Gipsformerei of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The brief calls for a preliminary design that is sustainable, functional and architecturally compelling. On January 25, 2022, the Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (Fede

  7. Toi moko from the Ethnological Museum return to New Zealand (12.10.2020)

    A ceremony was held today at the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to prepare the mummified heads (Toi moko) of two tattooed Māori heads for their repatriation to New Zealand. Two toi moko from the Ethnological Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin return to New Zealand. T

  8. Benin Bronzes: talks with the Nigerian delegation in Berlin (08.07.2021)

    On July 7, the guests toured the Humboldt Forum and on the next day they visited the storage facility in Dahlem containing objects from Benin. On a visit to Berlin, the Nigerian partners and Sir David Adjaye, the architect of the Edo State Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) being built in Benin Cit

  9. Visitors Flock to the Palace of World Cultures (19.09.2022)

    Last weekend, over 25,000 visitors took the opportunity to experience the recently completed Humboldt Forum. The opening weekend of the recently finished Humboldt Forum has been a complete success. Over 25,000 visitors came to see the fully furnished exhibition rooms of the Ethnologisches Museum (Et

  10. Day of Activities at the Dahlem Research Campus (29.09.2022)

    On October 7, 2022, the public will have its first chance to visit the new Dahlem Research Campus. On the agenda are workshops, a Science Slam and behind-the-scenes tours During the next few years, the Dahlem Research Campus is being established in the museum district of Berlin-Dahlem. The Dahlem Re