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  1. SPK restitutes a statuette to the heirs of Charlotte Prybram-Gladona (23.02.2026)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has restituted the sculpture of a "Christ at the Column" from the collection of the journalist and publisher Albin von Prybram-Gladona. The provenance of the work was discovered during systematic provenance research into the acquisitions of the sculpture col

  2. Partnership between SPK and museum in Mumbai (14.01.2026)

    Collection of Classical Antiquities and Museum of the Ancient Near East involved in the exhibition "Networks of the Past. A Study Gallery of India & the Ancient World" in Mumbai - loans and co-curated exhibition on antiquity Mumbai recently saw the opening of the first major archaeological exhibitio

  3. Press release and invitation: 10 years of German-Russian museum dialogue - ceremony and colloquium on 16 and 17 November in Berlin (06.11.2015)

    10 years of the German-Russian Museum Dialogue (DRMD): around two hundred directors and curators of Russian and German museums affected by war-related losses will meet in Berlin on 16 and 17 November to deepen their long-standing cooperation and discuss new projects. We cordially invite you to the f

  4. Welfenschatz: American court decides on the admissibility of the lawsuit (01.04.2017)

    The action for the return of the Guelph Treasure was partially allowed by the U.S. District Court at first instance. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which had filed a motion to dismiss the action in its entirety as inadmissible, will now examine its further options. In February 2015, a la

  5. Dr des. Andrea Schlosser receives Ernst Waldschmidt Prize of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation / Award honours outstanding academic achievements in the field of Indology (02.12.2014)

    Dr des. Andrea Schlosser was awarded this year's Ernst Waldschmidt Prize for her dissertation "On the Bodhisattva Path in Gandhāra. Edition of Fragment 4 and 11 from the Bajaur Collection of Kharoṣṭhī Manuscripts". The prize, endowed with 5,000 euros, is awarded by the Ernst Waldschmidt Foundation a

  6. Return of the Berlin Benin bronzes (25.08.2022)

    Ownership of all Berlin "Benin Bronzes" transferred to Nigeria - around a third of the works remain on loan in Berlin - further collaboration planned Today Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), and Abba Isa Tijani, Director General of the National Commissio

  7. Museum Berggruen on exhibition tour - refurbishment of the Stüler Building until 2025 (07.07.2022)

    The Museum Berggruen goes travelling: Exhibition tour of important masterpieces by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne and Klee to Japan, China and Paris - Closure of the Berlin museum from 5 September 2022 - Reopening planned for 2025 after major refurbishment The Museum Berggruen is going on tour with an ex

  8. New director for the Berlin Museum of Asian Art (01.12.2009)

    Dr Klaas Ruitenbeek will succeed Prof. Dr Willibald Veit, who retired yesterday, as Director of the Museum of Asian Art at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from the beginning of January 2010. Ruitenbeek, who was unanimously chosen by the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation,

  9. Nazi-looted art: SPK restitutes to Cassirer heirs (03.03.2025)

    SPK restitutes two works by Max Slevogt to the heirs of Bruno Cas-sirer and buys back both works. The painting "Portrait of Bruno Cassirer", the purchase of which was made possible by the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, will be exhibited in the Alte Nationalgalerie from March 4, 2025 SPK has restit

  10. Nazi-looted art: SPK restitutes to Cassirer heirs (03.03.2025)

    SPK restitutes two works by Max Slevogt to the heirs of Bruno Cassirer and buys back both works. The painting "Portrait of Bruno Cassirer", the purchase of which was made possible by the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, will be exhibited in the Alte Nationalgalerie from 4 March 2025 The SPK has rest