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  1. Natural stone, clay plaster walls, and a gigantic wooden roof structure (26.10.2020)

    The interior of the Humboldt Forum is coming along nicely. A generous grant from the Kuratorium Preussischer Kulturbesitz has made it possible to commission Wang Shu – one of the most significant architects in China today – to design the space for exhibiting Chinese imperial court art from the colle

  2. Another significant increase in the number of visits to German museums - over 112 million museum visits in 2012 (16.12.2013)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 112,807,633 museum visits in 2012. This represents an increase of 2.9 per cent compared to 2011 and is the highest number of visits since the survey of visit figures began in 1981. These figures have now been published in the overall statistical survey of museu

  3. New scanning technology CultLab3D: How museum pieces can be digitised on the assembly line (05.11.2014)

    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,

  4. Restitution of a drawing by Jakob Philipp Hackert from the Kupferstichkabinett (30.04.2019)

    Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returns the drawing to the heirs of the previous Jewish owner - the work was sold in 1939 in an emergency situation - English version: please find PDF below German text - Yesterday, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation handed over the ink brush drawing "Auf

  5. Provenance research is followed by mediation: Project to research human remains from West Africa is extended (04.07.2024)

    Provenance of historical skull collection researched - funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media enables mediation in West Africa Over a period of three years, researchers from the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin have been workin

  6. The "simplicity of the single element" (19.06.2024)

    Art-in-architecture competition for depots and workshops of the National Museums in Berlin decided The winning design "Ode to Care" by Rayyane Tabet will enrich the inner courtyard of the depots and workshops of the National Museums in Berlin-Friedrichshagen. The competition was organised by the Fed

  7. Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Countries of Origin

    Sustainable Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Countries of Origin The Foundation works to sustainably protect cultural assets in countries of origin as well. It runs various projects for capacity building: providing training for local experts so they are better able to undertake it themselves.

  8. Digitizing and Documenting

    Digitizing and Documenting Digitization is a key aspect of conservation work in all the Foundation's institutions. It not only allows a digital representation to be studied in place of the original item, but also makes the collections globally accessible. The "CultLab3D" modular scanning pipeline fo

  9. Paintings thought lost have returned to the Alte Nationalgalerie (03.12.2009)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has recovered four paintings from the Alte Nationalgalerie that had been lost since the Second World War. They were offered independently of each other in the art trade from private ownership and identified as the property of the Prussian Cultural Heritage F

  10. Holdings Evacuated to Poland

    Holdings Evacuated to Poland Some of the holdings of the Prussian collections were evacuated during the Second World War to German areas that now belong to Poland. The Foundation still claims ownership of these cultural assets. From the beginning of the Second World War, the holdings of the Staatsbi