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  1. Sanchi Gate: an Enduring Companion of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (21.04.2023)

    A symposium was held on April 20, 2023, to celebrate the installation of the East Gate of Sanchi outside the Humboldt Forum. This copy of the ancient Indian structure was created by Bamberger Natursteinwerk Graser with the assistance of two stonemasons from India. The Sanchi Gate in Berlin is a reco

  2. Vaccinations at the Museum: Pop-Up Vaccination Center at the Kulturforum (18.01.2022)

    Vaccines save lives – and culture. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will be offering vaccinations at the Kulturforum museum foyer from January 20 to 23, 2022. The SPK will be partnering with Aino Betriebsmedizin GmbH to host a four-day pop-up vaccination center at the Kulturforum (Matthäikirchplatz).

  3. Highlight of the Ethnologisches Museum: Lienzo Seler II Has Arrived at the Humboldt Forum (10.02.2022)

    Of the objects that are now on permanent display at the Humboldt Forum, one of the most impressive is the cotton cloth known as Lienzo Seler II (Coixtlahuaca II). Of the objects that are now on permanent display at the Humboldt Forum, one of the most impressive is the cotton cloth known as Lienzo Se

  4. Museum Berggruen: Travelling Exhibition and Renovation of the Stülerbau by 2025 (07.07.2022)

    The Museum Berggruen hits the road: travelling exhibition of major masterpieces by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, and Klee to visit Japan, China, and Paris. Museum to close on September 5, 2022 for complete renovation, with reopening scheduled for 2025. Museum Berggruen is taking the show to the road wi

  5. Stone Axes and a Bronze Sword — Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte Receives More “Finds” from the Ruins of the Former Kunstgewerbemuseum (17.05.2022)

    Nineteen bronze axes, a bronze sword, and fifteen stone axes have found their way back to the collection of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte. Some of these artifacts were probably part of the important Bennewitz Hoard. After the widow of Berlin-based painter Peter Grämer returned objects to th

  6. museum4punkt0: Developing and Sharing Digital Outreach Applications (24.06.2022)

    Twenty-seven projects organized by a variety of museums throughout Germany demonstrate the range of possibilities for digital cultural outreach At a show of work in progress held today in Berlin, institutions participating in the digital outreach project museum4punkt0 presented an overview of the ap

  7. Next phase of exemplary partnership between SPK and Museums Association of Namibia starts (24.05.2022)

    Objects travel from Berlin to Namibia – long-term, collaborative research process with cultural heritage communities, artists and scientists 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will travel to Namibia on May 27 as part of the collaborative re

  8. Visitor numbers for museums in Germany during the first full COVID year, 2020 (17.12.2021)

    A total of around 33.6 million museum visitors was reported to the Institut für Museumsforschung of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for 2020. Digital activity increased significantly. The museums taking part in the survey reported a total of 33,550,296 visits during 2020. That is a good two thirds (

  9. Korean Cultural Center in Germany to support Museum für Asiatische Kunst (16.12.2021)

    The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz have signed an agreement that includes funding for a curator's position. The focus lies on research into the Korean collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The funds will go to

  10. Tina Brüderlin to head the Ethnologisches Museum (13.10.2021)

    The Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, comprising two sites at the Humboldt Forum and in Dahlem, will get a new director in January. The new director of the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) will be Tina