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  1. Construction Gets Under Way: A Sanchi Gate for the Humboldt Forum (18.11.2022)

    On November 17, 2022, construction work began on a replica of the magnificent eastern gateway of Sanchi in front of the Humboldt Forum. On the Lustgarten side of the Humboldt Forum, construction is currently under way on a replica of the magnificent eastern gate of Sanchi. Situated at a spot clearly

  2. Here’s to Good Neighbors! (19.06.2017)

    On the way to the Humboldt Forum with new neighbors: even during the relocation process, highlights from the Museum für Asiatische Kunst and the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are on display, making a guest appearance on the Museumsinsel as heralds of the Humboldt Forum. Th

  3. Highlights of the Collections in Dahlem (13.12.2013)

    During the period when Germany was divided, a wide variety of museums were located in Dahlem. The location did not develop a more focused identity until after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today one finds there not only the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Secret State Archives Prussi

  4. Position Paper of the International Participants of the Symposium Held Prior to the Opening of the East Wing of the Humboldt Forum (20.09.2022)

    During a three-day symposium held from September 12–14, approximately 80 international partners of the Humboldt Forum from Africa, America, Asia and Oceania developed their views on the prospects for long-term, sustainable cooperation with the Forum. In a statement titled “Dignity – Continuity – Tra

  5. Lehmann: Humboldt Forum Needs the Supervisory Authority of SPK (20.09.2022)

    Former SPK President Klaus-Dieter Lehmann recalls the ideas that led to the creation of the “palace of world cultures.” Former SPK President Klaus-Dieter Lehmann has called for the SPK to be granted “greater responsibility for the program” of the Humboldt Forum. That would give the Forum the overall

  6. Humboldt Forum, Ahoy! (29.05.2018)

    The first large object, the Luf boat, has been moved from the Ethnologisches Museum to the Humboldt Forum. The boat drew crowds to Dahlem and is one of the highlights of the permanent exhibit, which will be open for viewing again in late 2019, in the reconstructed Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace). B

  7. New Year Gets Underway with a Major Logistical Effort (17.12.2020)

    Although the Humboldt Forum had only a digital opening yesterday evening in view of the coronavirus pandemic, work is nevertheless proceeding at full steam in the museums. Toralf Gabsch, chief restorer at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) and responsible for the move of the Ethnolog

  8. Sword Bearers Under a Dome (02.09.2020)

    It has taken three separate shipments to bring the original wall paintings from Dahlem to the Humboldt Forum, where over the next few months they will be brought together in a partial reconstruction of the Cave of the Sixteen Sword Bearers – the first time that they can be seen as a unified composit

  9. „Of Course Provenance Research Is Being Done“ (08.08.2017)

    Conducting provenance research on ethnological collections is often more difficult than research on Nazi-confiscated art, the president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Hermann Parzinger, said in an interview with Maria Ossowski of Deutschlandfunk. But, he pointed out, the Humboldt-Forum w

  10. Rieckhallen saved! (23.09.2021)

    The State of Berlin intends to acquire the Rieckhallen at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. To this effect, it has signed a memorandum of understanding with CA Immo. The real estate company CA Immo is willing to part with the Rieckhallen in exchange for property of the same valu