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Restitution of Nazi-looted property to descendants of the politically persecuted writer Eduard Fuchs - Chinese object from the Ethnological Museum handed over The SPK has today restituted a Chinese ridge turret figure from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin t

Another rise in visitor numbers to German museums and exhibition centres - And: ongoing study by the Institute for Museum Research shows that public funding invested in museums has doubled Museums and exhibition centres in Germany continue to enjoy increasing popularity. This is shown by the overall

On July 7, the guests toured the Humboldt Forum and on the next day they visited the storage facility in Dahlem containing objects from Benin. On a visit to Berlin, the Nigerian partners and Sir David Adjaye, the architect of the Edo State Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) being built in Benin Cit

The State of Berlin intends to acquire the Rieckhallen at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. To this effect, it has signed a memorandum of understanding with CA Immo. The real estate company CA Immo is willing to part with the Rieckhallen in exchange for property of the same valu

At its budget adjustment sitting on November 26, 2020, the budget committee of the Bundestag approved a special program for the upkeep of the historic buildings of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. At its budget adjustment sitting on November 26, 2020, the budget committee of the Bundestag, th

Arbeitsgruppe Kultur of the Petersburger Dialog The Arbeitsgruppe Kultur (Working Group on Culture, AG Kultur) of the Petersburger Dialog (Petersburg Dialogue) supports the development of relationships between Russian and Germany in the cultural sphere. The president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kul

Ethnological Museum returns grave goods to indigenous peoples from Southwestern Alaska and plans further co-operation with Chugach Alaska Corporation. On May 16, Hermann Parzinger, president of Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK, Prussian Cultural heritage Foundation), handed over nine objects f

During excavations in the historic centre of Berlin, archaeologists from the state of Berlin have found eleven sculptures that were confiscated from German museums in 1937 as part of the National Socialist "Degenerate Art" campaign. They are bronzes by Edwin Scharff, Otto Baum, Marg Moll, Gustav Hei

A major acquisition by the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, the Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung and the Free State of Bavaria, supported by the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Rudolf-August Oetker Stiftung f

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has maintained close relations with Georgia for many years. A highlight of the cooperation to date was the EU Twinning project carried out with the Georgian National Museum between 2010 and 2012. Over the next few years, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin will b