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  1. SPK Foundation Board Clears the Way for the Return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria (29.06.2021)

    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,

  2. Vaccination with art (04.06.2021)

    Works of art in Berlin's vaccination centers: large posters featuring objects from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin create a positive atmosphere. Since the beginning of June, large posters with art works from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin – Pr

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Refugees as guides on Berlin's Museum Island Staatliche Museen zu Berlin der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz and Deutsches Historisches Museum launch "Multaka: Treffpunkt Museum" pilot project (10.12.2015)

    A total of 19 refugees from Syria and Iraq are being trained as museum guides so that they can lead compatriots through the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum and the German Historical Museum in their native language. The title of the project is programmatic: "Multaka" means "meeting point" in Arabic

  6. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Smithsonian Institution launch German-American exchange programme on provenance research (18.10.2016)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) and the Smithsonian Institution (SI, Washington, USA), two of the world's largest museum complexes and research institutions, are launching a project to systematically network German and American provenance researchers. The three-year "German-American

  7. Welfenschatz: American court decides on the admissibility of the lawsuit (01.04.2017)

    The action for the return of the Guelph Treasure was partially allowed by the U.S. District Court at first instance. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which had filed a motion to dismiss the action in its entirety as inadmissible, will now examine its further options. In February 2015, a la

  8. Almost 100,000 euros in funding for the preservation of written cultural heritage at the SPK (14.08.2017)

    "East Prussian folios" and "Schriftkunst" receive protection The Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage will receive funding of 50,000 euros to protect the "East Prussian Folios" from the "Special Programme 2017 for the Preservation of the Written Cultural Heritage" of Minister of State

  9. German museums and exhibition centres still very well attended in 2016 despite a slight decline in visitor numbers - total number of museum visits fell by 2.2% year-on-year to 111,877,085 (14.12.2017)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 111,877,085 visits in 2016. Compared to 2015, the number of visits is therefore 2,546,107 (-2.2%) lower than in the previous year (2015: 114,423,192 visits). German museums reported a total of 8,546 special exhibitions. The analyses of museum attendance figures

  10. Cultural heritage strengthens Europe - Berlin Appeal of the European Cultural Heritage Summit (22.06.2018)

    The importance of cultural heritage for the future of Europe is to be strengthened. To this end, the organisers of the European Cultural Heritage Summit formulated the "Berlin Call to Action" and presented it today in Berlin after the topic was discussed in high-profile panels. Renowned public and p