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Today, the SPK Foundation Board adopted a framework for the structural reform of the Foundation based on the recommendations of the SPK Reform Commission. The museums, libraries, archives and research institutions of the SPK will be granted significantly more autonomy. At the same time, they will pu

On June 29, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the SPK filled an important management position at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. As the successor of Michael Eissenhauer as director of the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings), they selected Dr. Dagmar Hirschfelder, who currently heads the paintings an

In its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) authorized SPK President Hermann Parzinger "to conduct, in the framework of the joint negotiations of the Federal Republic of Germany with the relevant authorities in Nigeria,

Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz authorized SPK President Hermann Parzinger to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria In its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) authorized SPK President Hermann Parzi

Strategy for joint action of ethnological museums to be developed - return of objects is an option At its meeting on March 24, 2021, the Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considered, among other matters, the treatment of objects with colonial con

At its meeting on March 24, 2021, the Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considered, among other matters, the treatment of objects with colonial contexts in the collections. This included the issue of the Benin bronzes. The Foundation Board welcom

On February 3, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled unanimously in favor of SPK in the Guelph Treasure Restitution Lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) thus reversed the decisions of the lower courts. At the same time, it remanded the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Co

In the 2020 Humboldt Ranking, published recently, the SPK has achieved second place in the humanities and social sciences The SPK enjoys a good reputation as a research institution among international visiting scholars. This is confirmed in the 2020 Humboldt Ranking, published by the Alexander von H

NFDI4Culture consortium sets up national research data infrastructure for tangible and intangible cultural assets with the participation of the SPK. As one of the sponsoring institutions, the SPK is actively involved in the NFDI4Culture consortium, which the Joint Science Conference (GWK) of the fed

What did the SPK achieve in 2019? For starters: “Mantegna and Bellini”, the 250th anniversary of Alexander Humboldt's birth, the ground-breaking ceremony for the new National Gallery building at the Kulturforum – and over four million visitors The recently published annual report provides informatio