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The federal government is funding a three-year research project on human remains from West Africa at the Museum of Prehistory and Early History The collections of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin include 477 human skulls that were brought to Germany from W

Three members of the recently established Cameroon Restitution Commission (Comité interministériel chargé du rapatriement des biens culturels illégalement exportés à l'étranger au Ministère fédéral des Affaires étrangères) visited the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin on 16 and 1

More tickets available! 7 to 9 March 2025: Babylon in Berlin - Visitor Days at the Pergamonmuseum South Wing The first tickets for the visiting days at the Pergamonmuseum were sold out within a few days. On Monday, 3 March 2025, additional ticket contingents will be released for sale from 12 noon. A

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Almost 600 skulls from the former German colonies in West Africa were examined as part of a joint research project with partners from Togo and Cameroon. The recently published report documents the findings and lays the groundwork for the potential repatriation of the human remains. The Museum of Pre

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

The Ernst Waldschmidt Prize has been awarded by the Ernst Waldschmidt Foundation at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation since 1988 for scientifically valuable achievements in the field of Indology, particularly in Waldschmidt's areas of specialisation (Buddhism, Indian and Central Asian archae

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today returned ten autograph manuscripts from the estate of the composer and music writer Edwin Geist to his heirs. At the same time, an open-ended loan agreement was concluded so that the manuscripts will remain in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußisch

Edmund de Unger, whose private collection in the field of Islamic art, known internationally as the Keir Collection, achieved worldwide significance, died on 25 January 2011 in Ham near London at the age of 92. Edmund de Unger was laid to rest today in Richmond / London with great sympathy from inte

The eight surviving colossal figures from the workshop of the famous sculptor and architect Andreas Schlüter have returned to their original location on Schlossplatz. The sandstone figures, all on loan from the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, have been transported