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Parzinger thanks for decades of commitment: "We are cultural federalism in action" On Thursday, the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, invited the Minister Presidents of the German federal states to a tour of the new James Simon Gallery on Berlin's Museum Isla

For the first time, Russian and German researchers have jointly analysed the wartime losses of Russian museums during the Second World War. The results are summarised in the recently published book "Raub und Rettung. Russian Museums in the Second World War", which uses detailed case studies to shed

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin will once again be taking part in the third International Day of Provenance Research on 14 April - with a virtual exhibition, a digital discussion with provenance researchers and new content on the websites. The virtual exhibition "S

New addition comes from the Bavarian State Library - Focus on user-orientation and basic research - Parzinger: New department well positioned From autumn 2022, Dr Carolin Schreiber will take over the management of the newly formed "Manuscripts and Historical Prints" department at the Staatsbibliothe

Objects travelling from Berlin to Namibia - long-term, collaborative research process with cultural heritage communities, artists and scientists 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnologisches Museum der Staatli-chen Museen zu Berlin will travel to Namibia on 27 May 2022 as part of the partners

On 18 March, the International Advisory Board of the SPK met to agree on fundamental principles of cooperation and key topics. SPK President Marion Ackermann welcomed the members in Berlin The International Advisory Board will advise and support the SPK’s management on key social and cultural policy

In memory of the recently deceased Peruvian author and Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, a small showcase exhibition is currently presented in the reading room of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut. Mario Vargas Llosa (1936 – 2025) visited the IAI in person several times. Among other ocasions, i

The 42nd volume of the yearbook presents the Foundation's activities in 2005, but also deals with topics that will remain relevant over a longer period of time: for example, it is dedicated to the Foundation's losses during and after the Second World War. Many of the Berlin museums' treasures looted

In order to curb the illegal trade in antiquities from Iraq and Syria, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and UNESCO will work more closely together in future. A cooperation agreement to this effect has now been signed. The cooperation will focus on awareness-raising measures (as part of the

Berlin, 7 October 2015 - The Humboldt Lab Dahlem is coming to an end after four years. You can still visit the final exhibition of the project, which was jointly realised by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, at the Dahlem Museums until 18 October.