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Conducting provenance research on ethnological collections is often more difficult than research on Nazi-confiscated art, the president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Hermann Parzinger, said in an interview with Maria Ossowski of Deutschlandfunk. But, he pointed out, the Humboldt-Forum w

Foundation Board The Foundation Board is the supreme political decision-making organ of the Foundation. The federal government and all sixteen federal states are represented on it. It elects the President and approves the annual budget. The Foundation Board meets twice a year in Berlin as a rule. Th

A new media station in the Alte Nationalgalerie and an online portal with recent research results on the Mosse Collection were launched today in the presence of Roger Strauch, president of the Mosse Foundation. One year ago, the Mosse Art Research Initiative (MARI) was launched. The aim of MARI is t

Elaborately packaged and lifted by crane out through the window – with skillful handling and under the watchful eye of the scientists, a South Seas boat travels from the Martin-Gropius-Bau back to the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) in Dahlem. For three months, numerous objects from the

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

Current Figures The 2021 Budget The budget of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz is divided into an operating budget and a construction budget. The budget plan for 2021 includes total expenditures of around 368,95 million euros. more Income, Donations and Third-Party Funds in 2020 The Foundation

Forschungsallianz Kulturerbe The Forschungsallianz Kulturerbe develops innovative restoration and conservation methods. It was established in 2008 by the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, and the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. Cooperative project of the Cultural Heritage Resear

Hamburger Bahnhof The Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart houses the collections of the Nationalgalerie from the 20th and 21st centuries. The building was converted, extended, and finally augmented with neighboring shipping halls, the Rieckhallen, in order to present several important

Wartime Losses of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Second World War resulted in great losses to the Prussian collections. Much was destroyed. Many of the holdings that had been displaced for their protection did not return to the collections, for various reasons. The Second World War left

Alexander von Humboldt’s diaries are, besides his letters, the most important surviving original documents of his travels. At the end of 2013, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) acquired Humboldt’s American travel diaries. This purchase was made possible b