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On February 12, 2018, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, talked to the Tagesspiegel about the Humboldt Forum, ways of dealing with objects from the colonial era, and provenance research. The Humboldt Forum is due to open at the end of 2019. It will enable the col

During the period when Germany was divided, a wide variety of museums were located in Dahlem. The location did not develop a more focused identity until after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today one finds there not only the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Secret State Archives Prussi

The SPK, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Nationalgalerie mourn the loss of the great collector, who died yesterday at the age of 99 The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) mourn the loss o

Not far from the Museumsinsel (Museum Island), a home for the cultures of the world is being created in the new Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace). In June 2015, two years after the cornerstone was laid, the topping out ceremony was held. Beginning in 2019, the planned Humboldt Forum in the reconstruc

In the art intervention The Other Nefertiti, two artists have published a 3D model of the bust of Nefertiti online – because, they say, the bust and its data are not accessible. How true is that claim? Jan Nikolai Nelles and Nora Al-Badri say on their website that they made the scan in the Neues Mus

A section of wooden ceiling has now been mounted in the Domed Hall, where objects from the Silk Road region will be shown, part of the outstanding collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Chief restorer Toralf Gabsch explains the background. What is special a

Conducting provenance research on ethnological collections is often more difficult than research on Nazi-confiscated art, the president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Hermann Parzinger, said in an interview with Maria Ossowski of Deutschlandfunk. But, he pointed out, the Humboldt-Forum w

A project to establish the origins of East African human remains starts in October 2017 at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (MVF) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Bernhard Heeb, curator of the MVF and manager of the project, explains why the museum has a skull collection and how it is being

Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Countries of Origin The Foundation works to sustainably protect cultural assets in countries of origin as well. It runs various projects for capacity building: providing training for local experts so they are better able to undertake it themselves.

SPK Magazine 1/2016: Heimat? What is Heimat? Meaning more than just “home,” it’s a hot topic in Germany right now. In the new issue, SPK Magazine joins in the debate on the future of society. Issue No. 9 (2016), cover feature: Heimat? © SPK / Ina Niehoff, Design: StudioKrimm All Its Aspects What sho