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  1. Atlas returned to the Berlin State Library after being lost during the war (12.02.2010)

    A few days ago, the Berlin State Library received back an atlas from the 17th century that had recently been found in the archives of the French Foreign Ministry. The head of the archive, Jean Mendelson, presented the work to the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzin

  2. New Yearbook of Prussian Cultural Heritage published (19.12.2011)

    Volume 46 of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook documents the successful work and high-profile activities of the Foundation and its five institutions in 2010, focussing on the areas of building, exhibitions, research, acquisitions and cooperation. The Kolonnadenhof was ceremoniously reopened as

  3. Slight increase in visitor numbers to German museums - Over 109 million museum visits in 2011 (13.12.2012)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 109,581,613 museum visits in 2011. This represents an increase of 0.35 per cent compared to 2010, and is once again the highest number of visits since the survey began in 1981. The results are part of the overall statistical survey of museums and exhibition cen

  4. National research project ILLICID aims to investigate illegal trade in cultural property in Germany (04.03.2015)

    The illegal trade in cultural property in Germany is the focus of the new ILLICID research project. Over the next three years, this dark field will be analysed in detail. According to international organisations, profits from the illegal trade in cultural goods are an important pillar of organised c

  5. #UNITE4HERITAGE: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation cooperates with UNESCO in the fight against illegal trade in Syrian and Iraqi antiquities - New SPK magazine dedicated specifically to this topic (26.06.2015)

    In order to curb the illegal trade in antiquities from Iraq and Syria, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and UNESCO will work more closely together in future. A cooperation agreement to this effect has now been signed. The cooperation will focus on awareness-raising measures (as part of the

  6. Humboldt Lab Dahlem enters the finale: Minister of State for Culture Grütters takes stock - Closing week from 13 to 18 October (13.10.2015)

    Berlin, 7 October 2015 - The Humboldt Lab Dahlem is coming to an end after four years. You can still visit the final exhibition of the project, which was jointly realised by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, at the Dahlem Museums until 18 October.

  7. Modernity from Tehran comes to Berlin (21.10.2015)

    Steinmeier: We need the diplomacy of culture right now - Parzinger: Building bridges in conflict-ridden times One of the largest and most valuable collections of Western contemporary art has been hidden away for decades in the Iranian capital Tehran, and soon the top works from the French Impression

  8. Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation recovers valuable artefacts that belong in the Gothic House (25.05.2018)

    In Wörlitz, SPK President Hermann Parzinger hands over 21 objects that were in the possession of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin's Museum of Decorative Arts as external property The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has returned 21 artefacts to the Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation that were pr

  9. More visitors, longer opening hours, new rooms (09.04.2019)

    The five institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will offer more service at all levels in future In future, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will present itself in its museums in an even more visitor-friendly and service-orientated way. For example, the foyer of the Kultur

  10. Restrictions on Europe's cultural heritage institutions overcome by EU biocide regulation - SPK achieves national re-legalisation of in-situ-generated nitrogen to combat pest infestations (24.08.2023)

    Insects threaten precious cultural assets worldwide. Since the publication of "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson in 1962, which documented the detrimental effects of pesticide use on the environment, more sustainable pest control technologies have been researched and developed. In recent decades, more