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10.02.2017 Finally, Prussia! Article Joachim Marzahn on the major clear-out in the basement of the Pergamon Museum following German reunification. In 1989, Marzahn was a research assistant at the Museum of the Ancient Near East (East Berlin); he became its director in 1990 and later chief curator of

22.12.2016 Europe is in Dahlem Article The Museum of European Cultures remains in south-west Berlin and is embarking on a new chapter. Director Elisabeth Tietmeyer met with writer Sophie Dannenberg for a tour. Dahlem is a place where modernity has settled down. Perhaps it is because the gardens are

Charlottenburg In the years when Germany was divided, Charlottenburg was the home primarily for the Foundation’s archaeological collections. Since 1996, with the addition of the Museum Berggruen, and later with the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, a museum district for High Modernist art was established

Dahlem When Germany was still divided, many of the museums in West Berlin were located in Dahlem. After reunification, a large number of collections were transferred to Mitte. In 2021 approximately 24,000 objects from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst moved to the Humbold

Rathgen-Forschungslabor The internationally networked Rathgen-Forschungslabor examines objects ranging from ancient times to the present day. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to clarifying matters of preservation, material, origin, and forgery. The seated figure of Hetepnjaus from the Ägyptisc

Museumsinsel Berlin, Historical Center, and Humboldt Forum The Museumsinsel and the original building of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin are located in Berlin’s historical center. Moreover, the Foundations non-European collections are presented at the Humboldt Forum as well. The Museumsinsel as the O

06.11.2017 “The West was not worthy of such works of art“ Article In the case of European-American art, research into the provenance of works most often examines the question of confiscation during persecution by the Nazis. But what is the situation with regard to East Asian collectibles? In 2017, C

06.09.2017 PREP: Building a Research Autobahn Article In September, 21 German and American museum professionals will meet in Berlin to learn about issues of provenance research in both countries. Jane Milosch, Director of the Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative, explains how the German/Americ

What is the Guelph Treasure? Article The Guelph Treasure is a former medieval church treasure named after the House of Guelph, which owned it since 1671. Forty-four of the former 82 objects are now owned by the SPK. What is now known as the Guelph Treasure was the reliquary treasure of the former co

Restitution and Other Solutions Several objects from the Ethnological Museum have already been restituted or repatriated. Returning an object is, however, only one of many possible solutions. These are worked out in dialogue with members of the societies of origin. Hermann Parzinger returns grave go