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  1. SPK Foundation Board on dealing with the Benin bronzes (24.03.2021)

    Strategy for joint action of ethnological museums to be developed - return of objects is an option At its meeting on March 24, 2021, the Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considered, among other matters, the treatment of objects with colonial con

  2. Welfenschatz: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of SPK (04.02.2021)

    On February 3, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled unanimously in favor of SPK in the Guelph Treasure Restitution Lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) thus reversed the decisions of the lower courts. At the same time, it remanded the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Co

  3. SPK popular with international visiting scholars (19.10.2020)

    In the 2020 Humboldt Ranking, published recently, the SPK has achieved second place in the humanities and social sciences The SPK enjoys a good reputation as a research institution among international visiting scholars. This is confirmed in the 2020 Humboldt Ranking, published by the Alexander von H

  4. SPK on board: NFDI4Culture approved (30.06.2020)

    NFDI4Culture consortium sets up national research data infrastructure for tangible and intangible cultural assets with the participation of the SPK. As one of the sponsoring institutions, the SPK is actively involved in the NFDI4Culture consortium, which the Joint Science Conference (GWK) of the fed

  5. Art without context? Publication of the SPK annual report for 2019 (04.06.2020)

    What did the SPK achieve in 2019? For starters: “Mantegna and Bellini”, the 250th anniversary of Alexander Humboldt's birth, the ground-breaking ceremony for the new National Gallery building at the Kulturforum – and over four million visitors The recently published annual report provides informatio

  6. Thorsten Strauß to continue as Chairman of the Board of the SPK (12.06.2020)

    Association of leading German private-sector companies to help the SPK modernize, improve efficiency, and raise its profile Thorsten Strauß, the Deutsche Bank AG representative on the Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the managing director of Thor Advisors GmbH, will continue to he

  7. SPK to get a Chief Information Officer (16.06.2020)

    Starting in October, Johann Herzberg will be responsible for the strategic development of IT for all digital services and content offered by the SPK. Hermann Parzinger, President of the SPK: “In Johann Herzberg, the SPK has gained a strategically focused IT manager who is also familiar with the admi

  8. U.S. Supreme Court will Decide Whether U.S. Courts Can Hear Welfenschatz Lawsuit Against SPK (02.07.2020)

    The U.S. Supreme Court today has granted SPK’s request to decide questions regarding jurisdiction over the Guelph Treasure restitution case in the USA and which nation’s court should resolve the matter. SPK had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the legal questions of whether U.S. courts have j

  9. Information on prevention measures for COVID-19 in SPK (10.03.2020)

    SPK is closely observing current developments concerning COVID-19 and has set up a crisis team for this purpose. Details on the handling in the individual museums, libraries and archives of SPK can be found on their websites. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is closely monitoring the dynami

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