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Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) and Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of Ancient Near East) contribute to the exhibition "Networks of the Past. A Study Gallery of India & the Ancient World" in Mumbai. Mumbai recently saw the opening of the first major archaeological exhibition t

When it comes to colonial legacies in museums, the issue is not merely about objects acquired under unjust circumstances or even stolen, and whether or not they should be returned. The visual imagery created within Europe itself also serves as a record of the colonial past. Colonialism thrived on ev

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation welcomes with pleasure the decision of the Federal Government, which has been the sole financier of the renovation and restoration of the Museum Island since 2003, to begin the new construction of the James Simon Gallery (New Entrance Building) there now and

Commenting on the current restitution debate, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, said: "As Norman Rosenthal rightly points out, the restitution of artworks cannot make up for the inconceivable crimes committed by the Nazi regime against the European Jews. Germ

The future Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace continues to take shape. Today, the Ralph Appelbaum / malsyteufel consortium was awarded the contract for the scenographic design of the exhibition areas in the Humboldt Forum: This means that work can begin on the presentation of the important collecti

Prof. Dr Bernhard Weisser will become Director of the Coin Cabinet of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage on 1 June 2015. This was decided unanimously by the SPK Foundation Board today. Weisser has been acting Director of the Coin Cabinet since the end of Prof. Dr Bernd Kluge

Kuratorium Preussischer Kulturbesitz supports guided tour and workshop programme for children, families and adults. The National Museums in Berlin of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation invite refugees in Berlin to familiarise themselves with selected museums and offer free guided tours and wo

The Museum of European Cultures of the National Museums in Berlin will be represented with a showcase in the future Humboldt Forum. The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, welcomed the plans of the State of Berlin to seek co-operation with the successful Dahlem

Why the Berlin collections can provide answers to today's questions - Plus: Udo Kittelmann searches for home in his collections, Eugen Blume deciphers Beuys and Philipp Demandt visits the Zoo of Art once again What is home? A topic that is as hotly debated as Brexit or the outcome of the European Fo

According to its President Hermann Parzinger, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will permanently commemorate the National Socialists' defamatory and denunciatory "Degenerate Art" campaign. Exactly 80 years ago today, on 19 July 1937, the associated propaganda exhibition was opened in Munich.