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Virtually penetrating the forest floor or travelling across the moon, experiencing carnival all year round or discovering the hidden sides of paintings: The "museum4punkt0" project, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) with 15 million euros, is developing dig

As part of the exhibition and event project "Utopia Kulturforum", the St Matthew's Foundation, the Art Library, the Museum of Decorative Arts, the New National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin, the Berlin State Library, the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation and the Ibero-American Institute

Museumsinsel Berlin, Historical Center, and Humboldt Forum The Museumsinsel and the original building of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin are located in Berlin’s historical center. Moreover, the Foundations non-European collections are presented at the Humboldt Forum as well. The Museumsinsel as the O

- The spoken word prevails - Honourable Federal Chancellor, Mr Governing Mayor, Mr Minister of State, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, esteemed guests, Today is a historic day for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, for Berlin and for the entire country. The occasion is no small one, for t

Pictures of the destruction of Palmyra, a world heritage site, have made the need for cultural heritage protection clear to all. Markus Hilgert, Director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, is working on many fronts for the sustainable preservation of cultural heritage. On

Dealing with Cultural Assets Looted by the National Socialists The National Socialists systematically took art and books from those they persecuted. The Foundation searches for just and fair solutions based on the Washington Principles for looted assets that ended up in its collections. Im August 19

Wir sind ein gutes Stück moderner geworden SPK-Präsident Hermann Parzinger. © SPK/photothek.de/Florian Gaertner Einen Tag vor Nikolaus hat der Stiftungsrat der SPK den Weg freigemacht für eine Reform der größten deutschen Kultureinrichtung. Mehr Autonomie, mehr Beweglichkeit, mehr gemeinsame Verantw

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

Sustainability In view of global challenges such as the climate crisis and resource scarcity, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), as Germany's largest cultural foundation, has a special responsibility for a sustainable future. As a cultural institution with

A recent resolution of the UN Security Council has affirmed that the protection of cultural heritage is not just a cultural issue, but also a security problem. Markus Hilgert, director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, talks about the challenges this presents to the