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The Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin will be conserving the files of the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890). The documents on the complex acquisition history of the famous Troy collection will thus be secured for the long term. The project is being

Last Thursday, the Neues Museum der Museumsinsel Berlin was honoured with one of the main prizes of the "European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award". The six "Grand Prix Laureates" were selected from a total of 139 projects submitted from 26 European countries. The jury was imp

A new research database makes the so-called "Rubensohn Library" of the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of the National Museums in Berlin accessible. As part of a research project, a total of around 800 documents have been restored and scientifically analysed over the past two years. As of tod

Return of Benin bronzes from German museums embedded in broad-based cooperation in the field of museum exchange, new museum construction and archaeology - Memorandum of Understanding signed In addition to the return of artefacts from the historical Kingdom of Benin from German museums to Nigeria, mo

The 2021 Annual Report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has just been published. SPK President Hermann Parzinger writes in the editorial that the past twelve months have been characterised above all by "a longing for normality". Despite the pandemic-related impositions, many visitors onc

Welcome! Museum Club for children and young people from Ukraine at Haus Bastian, the centre for cultural education on Museum Island, can continue its successful work. Free project days and holiday programmes have also been added to the programme. Since 2022, the SPK has established a new format for

In December 2024, a delegation from the Berlin State Museums travelled to Togo and visited communities across the country. Bernhard Heeb from the Museum of Prehistory and Early History recounts their experiences

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recently returned works from the Museum of Decorative Arts and the Alte Nationalgalerie to the heir of the collector Helmuth Meißner, who was expropriated in violation of the GDR constitution. The Dresden native's well-known and extensive art collection was

How should we deal with museum objects that were looted or acquired in colonial contexts? What say do communities of origin have in the matter, and how can their perspectives be made visible? Verena Rodatus and Maria Ellendorff discuss their work at the Ethnological Museum.

Ownership of all Berlin "Benin Bronzes" transferred to Nigeria - around a third of the works remain on loan in Berlin - further collaboration planned Today Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), and Abba Isa Tijani, Director General of the National Commissio