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There are two mummified heads of face-tattooed Māori men (Toi moko) in the collections of the Ethnological Museum. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), to which the Ethnological Museum belongs, will return them to New Zealand. In autumn 2019, the Museum of New Zealand asked Te Papa Tonga

Work is currently starting on site for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. The Haus der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is being built according to plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Several measures are necessary to prepare the area for the construction work. The southbound l

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin will be presenting concepts and methods for the Humboldt Forum on Berlin's Schlossplatz for the first time as future partners and stakeholders. As one

Germany and Russia have a long shared history, a history that is not only characterised by real political developments, but also to a large extent by close cultural ties and connections. Literature, music, theatre and the fine arts have had a profound and lasting mutual impact in both countries. Mus

It was a heavy burden that the SPK took on eight years ago: When Horst Kettner, Leni Riefenstahl’s cameraman, partner and estate administrator, died in 2018, the estate of the litigious filmmaker of Nazi party rallies, Hitler confidante and lifelong denier of wrongdoing came into the Foundation’s ca

It's a revolution in museums: with the CultLab3D scanning line, collection artefacts can be captured in three dimensions and converted into authentic digital models in just a few minutes. While 3D reproduction techniques for museum treasures were previously expensive and, above all, time-consuming,

For the first time in the history of these institutions, women are at the helm. At its meeting yesterday, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation decided to appoint art historian Dagmar Korbacher as Director of the Museum of Prints and Drawings. From 1 November 2018, she w

On 10 November 2020, the exhibition "Iron Age - Europe without Borders" opens at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Around 1600 objects from the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage and the three Russian partner museums will provi

A few days ago, the SPK handed over four iwi kūpuna (human remains of Hawaiian descent) and seven moepū (grave goods) to Hui Iwi Kuamo'o, an organisation of Hawaiian First Nations representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). The human remains had been in the care of the Museum of Prehistory an

Annual reception 2022 in the James-Simon-Galerie - Parzinger: We have new strategic goals and are facing up to the great challenges of our time The institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation provide an insight into their annual programme and their plans for the future. As President He