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  1. Benin Dialogue Group Statement (24.03.2021)

    Benin Dialogue Group contributes to the ongoing discussion about the possible return of the Benin bronzes. Set up in 2010, the Benin Dialogue Group offers museums from Austria, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden a framework within which to work with Nigerian partner institutions and

  2. Parzinger elected chancellor of the Pour le mérite order (07.06.2021)

    At its meeting on June 5, 2021 in Berlin, the chapter of the order held a regular election for the office of chancellor and the dual offices of vice chancellor. On June 5, 2021, SPK President Hermann Parzinger was elected chancellor of the Pour le mérite order. He succeeded the developmental biologi

  3. SPK-Magazin 1/2019: In der Welt zu Hause

    SPK-Magazin 1/2019: In der Welt zu Hause Von Syrien bis Indien, von Mexiko bis Russland: Das neue Heft zeigt in Reportagen, Interviews und Porträts, wie vielfältig die internationalen Kontakte und Kooperationen der SPK-Einrichtungen sind. SPK. Das Magazin (2019): In der Welt zu Hause © SPK/Christoph

  4. SPK Foundation Board Clears the Way for the Return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria (29.06.2021)

    In its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) authorized SPK President Hermann Parzinger "to conduct, in the framework of the joint negotiations of the Federal Republic of Germany with the relevant authorities in Nigeria,

  5. Ceremonial event "Loss and Restitution" on 30 October 2008, speech by Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and spokesman for the "German-Russian Museum Dialogue" (30.10.2008)

    - The spoken word prevails - Salutations, In the long shared history of Germany and Russia, the past 20th century was undoubtedly a special one with very dark but also brighter days. There was unimaginable suffering and inconceivable crimes that emanated from German soil and were committed in German

  6. Topping-out ceremony for the Lindenkuppel of the Berlin State Library (10.07.2013)

    Today, the construction companies working at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin's Unter den Linden site, together with the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, the Director General of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Barbara Schneider-Kempf, and the President of the

  7. Topping-out ceremony on Museum Island: The James-Simon-Galerie takes shape (13.04.2016)

    With the construction of the high colonnades, the new entrance building to the Museum Island is visibly taking shape. The topping-out wreath was hoisted over the shell at midday today (13 April 2016). In the presence of Federal Building Minister Barbara Hendricks, Minister of State for Culture Monik

  8. How do you actually build for the cultural audience of tomorrow? (07.11.2019)

    Architecture summit on the "Blue Sofa": Sir David Chipperfield, Jacques Herzog, Regine Leibinger, HG Merz and Franco Stella in conversation with Vivian Perkovic - On 19 November 2019 from 7 pm in the new James-Simon-Galerie on Berlin's Museum Island - TV broadcast on 19 November 2019 from 11:10 pm o

  9. The SPK returns seven books to the descendants of Marc Bloch and Simonne Vidal (28.05.2026)

    Cultural property confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution: Three German cultural institutions return seven books to the descendants of Marc Bloch and Simonne Vidal – a ceremony was held at the French Embassy in Berlin At a formal ceremony held today at the French Embassy in Berlin, three German

  10. ECHY 2018: How Culture Can Save Europe (19.12.2016)

    European Cultural Heritage Year 2018 (ECHY) aims to increase the awareness and visibility of culture as a unifying element in Europe. On December 19, 2016, the project's five ambassadors presented it to the public. One of them was Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesit