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  1. Bronze statuette of a satyr from the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities is handed over to the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel (28.02.2020)

    The statuette of a satyr had long been kept in the Collection of Classical Antiquities of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin as a foreign possession. In 2019, it was finally clarified that it came from Kassel. We cordially invite you to the handover (with photo opportunity) on 3 March 2020, at 1 p.m. a

  2. Together for the science metropolis. Berlin's non-university research institutions join forces (21.02.2020)

    Strengthening Berlin as an international science metropolis is the goal of a joint initiative of the capital's non-university research institutions. They have joined forces to form BR 50 (Berlin Research 50) in order to develop joint strategies for research and dialogue with politics and society. Th

  3. The Museum Berggruen is becoming more active, more diverse and more independent / The Berggruen family will support the Museum Berggruen with one million euros a year from 2025 (10.09.2021)

    The Museum Berggruen of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, which belongs to the SPK, will significantly expand its programme work and gain greater independence for this purpose. In order to make this possible, the Berggruen family will support the museum with one million euros a year once the refurbis

  4. SPK returns human remains and grave goods to Hawai'i (11.04.2023)

    A few days ago, the SPK handed over four iwi kūpuna (human remains of Hawaiian descent) and seven moepū (grave goods) to Hui Iwi Kuamo'o, an organisation of Hawaiian First Nations representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). The human remains had been in the care of the Museum of Prehistory an

  5. Provenance research is followed by mediation: Project to research human remains from West Africa is extended (04.07.2024)

    Provenance of historical skull collection researched - funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media enables mediation in West Africa Over a period of three years, researchers from the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin have been workin

  6. Rebirth of an icon of western modernism - handing over the keys to the Neue Nationalgalerie (29.04.2021)

    Now that the upper exhibition hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie at Berlin's Kulturforum has been restored to its former glory since December 2020, the keys to the completely renovated building will be handed over to the National Museums in Berlin and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation on 29 Ap

  7. Priorities of the SPK in 2025 (13.03.2025)

    Annual reception at the James-Simon-Galerie - Parzinger: New funding agreement is recognition of reform - Outstanding visitor balance 2024 - Attractive exhibition programme this year - Expansion of international collaborations Over 200 guests from politics, culture, science, business, tourism and so

  8. Even a weather god needs a rain cape

    29.05.2024 Even a weather god needs a rain cape Article Three collections are being cleared out of the south wing of the Pergamon Museum. The museum has been closed since October 2023, and major refurbishment work is due to begin at the end of the year. This means that much of the collection – thoug

  9. Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte

    Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte Since February 2018, the SPK has been co-editor of the renowned "Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte". The quarterly issues, published by C.H. Beck Verlag, are devoted to current discourse in the humanities in an original and multi-layered way. The Zeitschrift für Ideenge

  10. "Lepsius - the German expedition to the Nile" - A presentation by the National Museums in Berlin at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (30.10.2006)

    The Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, together with the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage in cooperation with the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, are opening the exhibition "Lepsius - the German Expedition to the Nile" tomor