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  1. Launch of a German-Russian research project on the losses of Russian museums during the Second World War (08.03.2012)

    A large-scale German-Russian research project on the loss of valuable works of art and cultural artefacts from Russian museums during the Second World War has been launched under the title "Russian Museums in the Second World War". The project partners are delighted to have received funding from the

  2. Return from the Ethnological Museum to Native People in Alaska (16.05.2018)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today returned nine objects from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin to the Chugach Alaska Corporation. Foundation President Hermann Parzinger presented them to the Vice President of the Chugach Alaska Corporation, Joh

  3. Return of the Berlin Benin bronzes (25.08.2022)

    Ownership of all Berlin "Benin Bronzes" transferred to Nigeria - around a third of the works remain on loan in Berlin - further collaboration planned Today Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), and Abba Isa Tijani, Director General of the National Commissio

  4. Ägyptisches Museum Berlin is a partner of the new Akhenaten Museum (19.11.2019)

    A new museum is being born in Al-Minya, Egypt. Berlin is involved in the effort – SPK President Parzinger has signed a memorandum to that effect. The Ägyptische Museum und Papyrussammlung (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) is now

  5. Welfenschatz: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of SPK (04.02.2021)

    On February 3, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled unanimously in favor of SPK in the Guelph Treasure Restitution Lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) thus reversed the decisions of the lower courts. At the same time, it remanded the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Co

  6. Restitution of Nazi-looted art: SPK returns Pissarro painting (18.10.2021)

    Une Place à la Roche-Guyon by Camille Pissarro is returned to the Dorville heirs and purchased for the Alte Nationalgalerie The SPK has returned Une Place à la Roche-Guyon by Camille Pissarro to the heirs of Armand Dorville and bought it back from them for the Alte Nationalgalerie. Today, the repres

  7. Alarming reports of illicit excavations around the world: conference in Berlin seeks ways to curb the illegal trade in antiquities (12.12.2014)

    The international conference "Cultural Property in Danger: Looted Excavations and Illegal Trade" ended on Friday in Berlin with an urgent appeal to curb illegal excavations and the associated systematic destruction of cultural treasures from human history worldwide. Speakers from all over the world

  8. Collector Egidio Marzona donates books, editions and posters to the art library for "Encyclopaedia of Art of the 60s and 70s" (14.10.2016)

    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

  9. Contract signed: Tehran Modernism comes to Berlin in December (12.05.2016)

    Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation signs contract with Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art / Parzinger thanks Minister of State for Culture, Federal Foreign Office, Ministry of Finance and Bundestag / Steinmeier: Dialogue with Iranian society / Grütters: Spectacular insights / Kruse: Enriching live

  10. Hamburger Bahnhof: Contract with Friedrich Christian Flick Collection ends in September 2021 (24.04.2020)

    Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and Staatliche Museen zu Berlin deeply regret the termination - Parzinger: 17 years of outstanding cooperation have made Hamburger Bahnhof a hotspot of contemporary art - Eissenhauer: Friedrich Christian Flick has also rendered outstanding services to the Staatlich