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  1. German-Russian working group prepares exhibition of looted art (07.04.2006)

    Today sees the end of a working session lasting several days at the Berlin Museum of Prehistory and Early History to prepare the German-Russian exhibition "Merovingian Period - Europe without Borders", which will also show artefacts relocated from Berlin to Russia as a result of the war. Following a

  2. Intensification of the long-term collaboration with the Marx Collection and strengthening of the "Hamburger Bahnhof" brand agreed (13.07.2007)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the collector Erich Marx have now reached supplementary and selective new agreements as a sustainable basis for the future-oriented work of the "Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart". Accordingly, the Marx Collection will be curated exclusively by th

  3. First exhibition of the bust of Nefertiti 100 years ago (27.03.2024)

    On 1 April 1924, the colourful bust of Queen Nefertiti was presented to a wider public for the first time in a museum setting, in a newly designed section of the permanent exhibition of the Egyptian Collection in the Neues Museum. The bust was found in Tell-el-Amarna in 1912 as part of a scientific

  4. SPK has returned human remains to Australia (05.12.2024)

    Human remains that were in the collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin were returned to Australia today, 5 December 2024. Together with the Australian Embassy, the Ethnological Museum organised a memorial service for the ancestors, who are now travelling home. They w

  5. Humboldt Lab Cabs - A journey into knowledge (26.08.2015)

    Climb into a Chinese rickshaw and find out more about the new Berlin Palace: Humboldt Lab Dahlem launches the "Humboldt Lab Cabs" at the Long Night of Museums on 29 August 2015 With the new Humboldt Lab Cabs, the Humboldt Lab Dahlem will familiarise citizens - but of course also visitors to the city

  6. SPK - The magazine shows the new centre of Berlin (20.06.2018)

    Humboldt Forum, James-Simon-Galerie, the interim building for the Pergamon Museum, Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden, debates about the Bauakademie: the centre of Berlin is changing. A new magazine looks at the present and future of the historically evolved centre. Under the new title "SPK - Das Mag

  7. SPK intensifies cooperation with the University of Oxford (10.09.2018)

    Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and University of Oxford sign Memorandum of Understanding to deepen strategic partnership The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will work more closely with the University of Oxford in the areas of conservation, digitisation, research, exhibitions and visitor

  8. Talks continue on handling Benin bronzes and on a roadmap for planned returns in 2022 (08.07.2021)

    Nigerian delegation visits Germany: guests view Humboldt Forum and objects in Dahlem As part of a visit to Germany organised by the Federal Foreign Office, the Nigerian partners and Sir David Adjaye, the architect of the "Edo State Museum of West African Art" (EMOWAA) being built in Benin City, visi

  9. On the death of Heinz Berggruen (26.02.2007)

    Heinz Berggruen has said goodbye. On the evening of 23 February, he passed away peacefully in Paris at the age of 93 - heart failure. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the National Museums in Berlin received the news of his death with dismay and great sadness. The Museum Berggruen, with

  10. Modernity from Tehran comes to Berlin (21.10.2015)

    Steinmeier: We need the diplomacy of culture right now - Parzinger: Building bridges in conflict-ridden times One of the largest and most valuable collections of Western contemporary art has been hidden away for decades in the Iranian capital Tehran, and soon the top works from the French Impression