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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. The Tehran Collection. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Berlin (06.09.2016)

    From 4 December 2016, the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will be offering an insight into the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) in the Gemäldegalerie. The collection is unique in its composition and history: not only does it have one of the largest holdi

  3. 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

  4. Decision by the Board of Trustees: Klaus Biesenbach becomes Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Museum of the 20th Century (10.09.2021)

    Decision by the Board of Trustees: Klaus Biesenbach becomes Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie and thus the new museum of the 20th century - The Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and long-time MoMA Chief Curator will take up the post on 1 January 2022 - Parzinger:

  5. 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

  6. Results of provenance research on skulls from German East Africa published (18.01.2023)

    Parzinger: We are ready for immediate return and are waiting for signals from the countries of origin In a project launched in 2017, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin) worked with scientis

  7. 200 years of Museum Island Berlin: SPK celebrates a unique place of world culture for five years (25.02.2025)

    Kick-off weekend at the end of May / Parzinger: Every Berlin school class should visit the "island" at least once The "200 Years of Museum Island Berlin" anniversary, which the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be organising together with numerous partners over the next five years, is set t

  8. Nazi-looted art: SPK restitutes to Cassirer heirs (03.03.2025)

    SPK restitutes two works by Max Slevogt to the heirs of Bruno Cas-sirer and buys back both works. The painting "Portrait of Bruno Cassirer", the purchase of which was made possible by the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, will be exhibited in the Alte Nationalgalerie from March 4, 2025 SPK has restit

  9. 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

  10. Papyrus collection presents 6000 documents from ancient Egypt in an online database (02.05.2012)

    As part of a digitisation project, the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of the National Museums in Berlin will make 6,000 texts available in an online database by autumn 2013. The project is being funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It offers ancient history scholars as well as the