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The International Day of Provenance Research will take place for the sixth time on 10 April 2024. This year, the SPK institutions will once again provide insights into the work of their provenance researchers The National Museums in Berlin are offering guided tours on provenance research and the his

Starting in September, the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will be showcasing masterpieces of Oceanic architecture and boat building in its exhibition spaces at the Humboldt Forum. Craftsmen from Palau and the Fiji Islands were recently in Berlin to work on a traditional mee

Of the objects that are now on permanent display at the Humboldt Forum, one of the most impressive is the cotton cloth known as Lienzo Seler II (Coixtlahuaca II). Of the objects that are now on permanent display at the Humboldt Forum, one of the most impressive is the cotton cloth known as Lienzo Se

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today handed over a historical Tric-Trac game to the Dresden State Art Collections. The piece was one of the artefacts that were relocated to the USSR during the war and returned to the GDR in 1958. At the time, it was mistakenly given to the East Berlin Mus

The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz have signed an agreement that includes funding for a curator's position. The focus lies on research into the Korean collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The funds will go to

Neue Nationalgalerie The Neue Nationalgalerie is an icon of modern architecture. After nearly 50 years of use, the Mies Building underwent extensive renovation from 2015 to 2021. The square main hall with glass facades and a roof on external supports gives the Neue Nationalgalerie its unmistakable l

Gerhard Richter, one of the most influential artists of our time, is providing the Nationalgalerie (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) with a diverse group of more than a hundred works for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts at the Kulturforum. The main work involved in this long-term partnership is the four-

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today handed over a brick fragment from the 3rd millennium BC to Iraq. A private individual sent the valuable piece by post to the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in March 2015 and gave it to the museum as a gift for further safek

Once again, the collector Egidio Marzona has surprised the Art Library of the National Museums in Berlin with a major donation. The 115 books and editions, 141 posters and around 1,000 invitation cards are an excellent addition to the Marzona Collection, which was acquired in 2002. Even then, Marzon

SPK President Hermann Parzinger took the visit as an opportunity to thank the federal states for their commitment to the work of the Foundation. At the invitation of Governing Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller and President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundatio