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The provenance of human skulls from what was German West Africa is being investigated in a three-year joint research project at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte. It is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The collections of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschi

The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) mourn the loss of the great fashion designer Uli Richter, who died yesterday at the age of 94. SPK President Hermann Parzinger praised his qualities: "Uli R

At its meeting yesterday, the reform commission of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) dealt in detail with the situations at three of its institutions. The commission's deliberations on the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (SBB – Berlin State Library), the Ibero

From 1 October 2010, children and young people will have free admission to the museums of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Musikinstrumenten-Museum) until the age of 18 - instead of the previous age of 16. This change was decided by the SPK Foundation Council l

In connection with Turkey's demand for the return of the Sphinx of Hattusha, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, explains: "The Hittite sphinx from Bogazköy (Hattusha) has been the subject of demands for its return from Turkey since the 1930s. Since then, nothi

To mark its 350th anniversary, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is opening the special exhibition "A library makes history. 350 years of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin". For ten weeks, it will be presenting top items from its collections at nine stations. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian C

The International Advisory Board Humboldt Forum met for the first time from 6 to 8 April 2011. The expert committee consists of around forty renowned museum experts and academics from all continents. Its purpose is to provide critical support for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation's exhibitio

The German-Turkish expert talks on the Hittite Sphinx were concluded today in Berlin. It has been agreed that the fragmentary sculpture, which is over three thousand years old and has been in the Pergamon Museum on Berlin's Museum Island since 1934, will be handed over to Turkey as a gesture of Germ

In the trial concerning Jäger's alleged art collection, which led to a legally binding judgement at the end of December 2011, the results of the extensive scientific investigations carried out by the Rathgen research laboratory helped to substantiate the suspicion of art forgery and, in particular,

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has recently commissioned the office of British architect David Chipperfield to plan the complete refurbishment of the Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum. The famous building by Mies van der Rohe needs to be extensively renovated, from the façade to the