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The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) has set up an advisory committee to support the planning of the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum in Berlin - in agreement with the Chair of the Foundation Council, Minister of State Monika Grütters. This goes back to a suggestion made by t

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation sees positive developments following the amendment to the Cultural Property Protection Act, which came into force a year ago. The new law was the first to ban the import of antiquities without an official export licence from the country of origin, something

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.

As part of a debate on developments since the adoption of the Washington Principles (principles of the Washington Conference in relation to works of art confiscated by the National Socialists) 20 years ago, the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, stated today:

The European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 in Germany opens today in Hamburg City Hall Europe's shared cultural heritage will take centre stage in 2018 under the motto "Sharing Heritage". The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is inviting European partner organisations to a summit meeting in Jun

15,000 visitors last Saturday on the Museum Island and at the Kulturforum The day of action "On the way to the Humboldt Forum", which the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its National Museums in Berlin organised last Saturday on Museum Island and at the Kulturforum, was a complete success.

The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy today awarded Hermann Parzinger the Grand Cross of the Order of Alfonso X the Wise (Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio) in Segovia. This is one of the highest Spanish honours for services to research, literature, art and education. Parzinger received the honour

The Marsilius Kolleg at Heidelberg University yesterday awarded the Marsilius Medal to the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in recognition of his services to bringing together different academic cultures. Prior to this, the prehistorian held the Marsilius Lecture in the Old Aud

Yesterday, the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced its decision on which Clusters of Excellence will be funded in the years 2019 to 2025. The SPK is involved in 2 of the 57 selected clusters. Hermann Parzinger, President of the SPK, was delighted with the decision: "The participation in two n

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