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On 25 November 2017 admission is free on the Museumsinsel and at the Kulturforum for the Activities Day “On the Way to the Humboldt Forum“. We spoke with Michael Eissenhauer, Director-General of the Staatliche Museen, about the upcoming convergence of cultures on show for free on 25 November as a fo

The subject of Kunst durch Kredit [Art as collateral ] (De Gruyter, 2017) is the purchase of some 4,400 works of art from the holdings of the Dresdner Bank by the government of Prussia on behalf of the Berlin museums in 1935. The book's author, Lynn Rother, examines this deal in the context of art h

Museum site, research campus, storage facility: on Monday, SPK President Hermann Parzinger discussed plans for Dahlem at a meeting of the Berlin House of Representatives’ Committee on Cultural Affairs. Parzinger declared that “the doors will remain open at the Dahlem museum site.” The Museum Europäi

The continent from below: in 2018, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte and the Verband der Landesarchäologen will be holding an exhibition at Martin-Gropius-Bau titled “Bewegte Zeiten. Archäologie in Deutschland.” Berlin is getting ready for a spectacular new exhibition on archaeology in Germany.

In museum4punkt0, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are seeking to develop digital and personalized content that will help visitors with navigation, provide them with contextual information, and offer opportunities for interaction. Christina Haak, SMB Deputy Director-General, discusses the challenges

A recent resolution of the UN Security Council has affirmed that the protection of cultural heritage is not just a cultural issue, but also a security problem. Markus Hilgert, director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, talks about the challenges this presents to the

museum4punkt0 is the name of a recently launched, cross-institutional “ideas laboratory“ for digital applications in museums. We spoke about it with Markus Hilgert, manager of the project and director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. What are your expectations of t

The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, or DDB, is a digital platform for Germany's cultural and scientific heritage. Approximately 20.5 million books, documents, images, and audio recordings are currently available on their website. Frank Frischmuth, managing director of the DDB, tells us of their plans

The SPK has returned nine works of art to the heirs of the Jewish businessman and collector Eugen Moritz Buchthal. It has repurchased an etching by E. L. Kirchner for the Kupferstichkabinett. Lawyer Lothar Fremy, who represents the heirs, said: "The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultu

Video artist Theo Eshetu has been following the move of the Dahlem museums into the Humboldt-Forum for a documentary film he is making. At documenta 14, he is showing Atlas Fractured, an expansive installation that projects video onto a banner which originally hung over the entrance to the Dahlem mu