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  1. An architectural icon renewed: Neue Nationalgalerie visible again (14.12.2020)

    The Neue Nationalgalerie, originally designed by Mies van der Rohe, is no longer under wraps – the building will be handed over on April 29 and will reopen in August 2021. The fully refurbished upper hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie is back in the light, visible in all its crystalline purity. Herman

  2. Welfenschatz: Hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court (08.12.2020)

    On December 7, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the arguments in the legal dispute over whether the Guelph Treasure case falls within the jurisdiction of the United States. A decision is due early next year. Hermann Parzinger, the SPK's President, stated: “We are pleased to have had this historic

  3. Repatriation of human remains to Australia (11.09.2020)

    SPK will return human bones in a bark coffin and two mummified children’s bodies currently kept in the Ethnologisches Museum to Australia. Since 2011, Australia has followed a policy that supports Indigenous Australians in recovering and returning their ancestral remains from abroad. In February 202

  4. 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

  5. Talks continue on handling Benin bronzes and on a roadmap for planned returns in 2022 (08.07.2021)

    Nigerian delegation visits Germany: guests view Humboldt Forum and objects in Dahlem As part of a visit to Germany organised by the Federal Foreign Office, the Nigerian partners and Sir David Adjaye, the architect of the "Edo State Museum of West African Art" (EMOWAA) being built in Benin City, visi

  6. Deep mourning for Norbert Zimmermann (29.11.2021)

    Long-standing Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation dies at the age of 75 - Parzinger: A veteran of the SPK The former Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Norbert Zimmermann, is dead. He died last week in Berlin at the age of 75. Zimmermann served the f

  7. Funds for more sustainability at the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum (14.11.2022)

    Budget Committee approves 9.9 million euros - Roth and Parzinger welcome decision Yesterday, the Bundestag's Budget Committee released 9.9 million euros to make the Museum of the 20th Century, which is currently being built at the Kulturforum, more sustainable. The SPK is now intensively involved in

  8. Benin Bronzes: talks with the Nigerian delegation in Berlin (08.07.2021)

    On July 7, the guests toured the Humboldt Forum and on the next day they visited the storage facility in Dahlem containing objects from Benin. On a visit to Berlin, the Nigerian partners and Sir David Adjaye, the architect of the Edo State Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) being built in Benin Cit

  9. Image Brochure

    Image Brochure Once Around the World , the new image brochure, takes readers on a journey through a wide range of times, places, and stories involving SPK. Imagebroschüre der SPK © SPK / Mario Lombardo Once Around the World, the new image brochure, takes readers on a journey through a wide range of

  10. 50 years of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: a great success story (24.07.2007)

    On 25 July 1957, the law on the establishment of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation was passed by the German Bundestag. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, emphasised: "The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) is a great success story. Th