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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

For the first time outside the Villa von der Heydt: at the 2017 annual press conference at the Altes Museum, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presented its plans for the coming year. SPK President and the directors of the five institutions gave an outlook and took stock The Prussian Cultura

A few days ago, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation restituted a drawing by the Romantic artist Carl Philipp Fohr from the Kupferstichkabinett to the heirs of its former owner Karl Mayer. The provenance of the work had been clarified during research as part of the provenance research project o

SPK participates in the NFDI4Culture consortium for research data on tangible and intangible cultural assets - funding approved for the next few years A few days ago, the Joint Science Conference (GWK) of the federal and state governments decided to fund the NFDI4Culture consortium, in which the SPK

The federal government is funding a three-year research project on human remains from West Africa at the Museum of Prehistory and Early History The collections of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin include 477 human skulls that were brought to Germany from W

Work by Eduard Gaertner back in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - War loss turned up on the market - Consignor donated the work to the museum The work "Der Leipziger Platz in Berlin" (1862) by Eduard Gaertner recently returned to the Kupferstichkabinett. It was due to be a

Dossier on the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published by Politik & Kultur What does the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation do? And above all, what makes it special? Who and what belongs to it? Who wants to have a say in its future organisation? What is its history? Is the necessary trans

Three members of the recently established Cameroon Restitution Commission (Comité interministériel chargé du rapatriement des biens culturels illégalement exportés à l'étranger au Ministère fédéral des Affaires étrangères) visited the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin on 16 and 1

More tickets available! 7 to 9 March 2025: Babylon in Berlin - Visitor Days at the Pergamonmuseum South Wing The first tickets for the visiting days at the Pergamonmuseum were sold out within a few days. On Monday, 3 March 2025, additional ticket contingents will be released for sale from 12 noon. A

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