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  1. Parzinger on dealing with human remains: We conduct research in order to be able to give back (13.03.2018)

    The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, has pointed out that provenance research in the SPK's collections is always designed to recognise unlawful acquisition and, if necessary, to return objects. This applies in particular to human remains. In this context, Pa

  2. Fair and just? 25 years after the Washington Conference (30.03.2026)

    Almost 80 years after the end of the Second World War, the systematic looting of cultural property by the Nazis – particularly from Jewish owners – has still not been fully addressed. In 1998, a conference in Washington laid the foundations for this immense task, which has had a profound impact on t

  3. Fair and just? 25 years after the Washington Conference (30.03.2026)

    Almost 80 years after the end of the Second World War, the systematic looting of cultural property by the Nazis – particularly from Jewish owners – has still not been fully addressed. In 1998, a conference in Washington laid the foundations for this immense task, which has had a profound impact on t

  4. Marzona art collection remains in Berlin, close collaboration with archive in Dresden (22.06.2016)

    Grütters: Berlin and Dresden benefit from the collector's generosity. Parzinger: The Marzona Art Collection will remain an integral part of the future Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. Cooperation between SPK and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden to be expanded. Egidio Marzona's collec

  5. Return from the Ethnological Museum to Native People in Alaska decided (18.12.2017)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will return nine objects from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin to the Chugach Alaska Corporation. The Board of Trustees today approved a corresponding proposal by the President. The artefacts are grave goods from Na

  6. The European Cultural Heritage Summit will take place in Berlin and Potsdam from 18 to 24 June 2018 (25.05.2018)

    The European Cultural Heritage Summit under the motto "Sharing Heritage - Sharing Values" is Europe's largest event in the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The Summit - supported by the European Union, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Berlin Senate Depart

  7. Renewed funding from Berliner Sparkasse secures programmes for children and young people from Ukraine until summer 2026 (05.06.2025)

    Welcome! Museum club for children and young people from Ukraine at Haus Bastian receives follow-up funding of 50,000 euros from Berliner Sparkasse - continuation of successful work possible until summer 2026 - offer to be expanded to include free workshops for adults and families from refugee accomm

  8. Media worlds - knowledge, information and communication in the digital revolution (27.08.2014)

    As part of the event "Mediale Welten - Wissen, Information und Kommunikation im digitalen Umbruch", experts will discuss the consequences and development potential of digital communication technologies and the associated future changes to the world of work in the fields of science and research on 1

  9. Top researcher for Berlin's museum heritage: successful application for multi-million Humboldt Professorship (23.10.2014)

    Sharon Jeanette Macdonald has been nominated for Germany's most highly endowed research award: the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2015, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH). The prize money amounts to five

  10. Return from the Ethnological Museum to Native People in Alaska (16.05.2018)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today returned nine objects from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin to the Chugach Alaska Corporation. Foundation President Hermann Parzinger presented them to the Vice President of the Chugach Alaska Corporation, Joh