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The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today returned two works from the Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin to the two grandsons of the art dealer Kurt Walter Bachstitz. The objects in question are a writing tablet and a bronze mortar from the Renaissance period. The obje

In future, a new funding body will support the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a partner: the Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees. The association of leading German commercial enterprises will provide financial support for SPK projects and assist the Foundation in the realisation o

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) will appeal to the United States Supreme Court to dismiss the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure on the grounds that the American courts lack jurisdiction. In February 2015, a lawsuit for the return of the Guelph Treasure was filed against th

The participants of this year's meeting of the Benin Dialogue Group agreed last Friday that a new museum with a regularly changing exhibition of works of art from the former Kingdom of Benin should be established in Benin City. European and Nigerian museums will provide works of art on loan for this

Secrets, conversations and walks through the SPK cosmos - Celebrities such as Bibiana Beglau, Tim Raue and Robin Ticciati guide us through their favourite pieces - Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz supports the publication designed by BUREAU Mario Lombardo The new image brochure "Once around the w

New posts for sustainability officers created: Nina Schallenberg from Hamburger Bahnhof and Daniel Naumann from the Directorate General of the National Museums in Berlin take office on 1 October 2021 Not least the devastating flood disasters, forest fires covering enormous areas and increasing water

The Korean Cultural Centre in Germany under the direction of Mr Bongki Lee and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation have signed an agreement to intensify research with and on the Korean collection of the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin. The research activities supported in

Dr Sibylle Hoiman will be the new Director of the Museum of Decorative Arts at the National Museums in Berlin. This was decided by the SPK Foundation Board at its meeting on 5 December 2022. The art historian, who currently heads the Architectural Art Archive at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, su

Steinmeier: We need the diplomacy of culture right now - Parzinger: Building bridges in conflict-ridden times One of the largest and most valuable collections of Western contemporary art has been hidden away for decades in the Iranian capital Tehran, and soon the top works from the French Impression

Foundation Board decides that Ralph Gleis will stay on as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie Ralph Gleis will continue to serve as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin). He was confirmed in that position on Monday by the Stiftungsrat d