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U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its decision on 10 July, ordering the U.S. District Court to dismiss the lawsuit against the Federal Republic of Germany while allowing the lawsuit to proceed against SPK. Hermann Parzinger, president of Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SP

The Neue Nationalgalerie, originally designed by Mies van der Rohe, is no longer under wraps – the building will be handed over on April 29 and will reopen in August 2021. The fully refurbished upper hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie is back in the light, visible in all its crystalline purity. Herman

On December 7, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the arguments in the legal dispute over whether the Guelph Treasure case falls within the jurisdiction of the United States. A decision is due early next year. Hermann Parzinger, the SPK's President, stated: “We are pleased to have had this historic

SPK will return human bones in a bark coffin and two mummified children’s bodies currently kept in the Ethnologisches Museum to Australia. Since 2011, Australia has followed a policy that supports Indigenous Australians in recovering and returning their ancestral remains from abroad. In February 202

The U.S. Supreme Court today has granted SPK’s request to decide questions regarding jurisdiction over the Guelph Treasure restitution case in the USA and which nation’s court should resolve the matter. SPK had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the legal questions of whether U.S. courts have j

Image Brochure Once Around the World , the new image brochure, takes readers on a journey through a wide range of times, places, and stories involving SPK. Imagebroschüre der SPK © SPK / Mario Lombardo Once Around the World, the new image brochure, takes readers on a journey through a wide range of

The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, today unanimously elected Prof Dr Günther Schauerte as the new Vice-President of the SPK. Mr Schauerte is currently Deputy Director General of the National Museums in Berlin -

The Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island has been awarded the "European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture/Mies van der Rohe Award 2011". This was announced yesterday by the European Commission. It was selected from 343 applicants from 33 European countries. The prize will be awarded on 20

A palace without an emperor, the flaming Buddha, a mysterious totem pole - stories like these will be told at the Humboldt Forum in future. This coming weekend, the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin will once again take visitors on a journey into the f

Five-part series to honour German musical instrument making planned until 2022 / Presentation of the first coin on 8 May at 6 pm with Bettina Hagedorn, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance, and SPK Vice President Günther Schauerte at the Musical Instrument Museum A double