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At the end of 2025, the Director of the Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Prof Dr Andreas Scholl, will retire after more than twenty years in office. He will be succeeded by his current deputy, Dr Martin Maischberger. This was decided unanimously by the SPK Foun

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

By the end of the year, the colonnades and the colonnade courtyard between the Old National Gallery and the Neues Museum will be extensively repaired and restored. Three domes destroyed during the war, which crowned three "little temples" on the banks of the Spree within the eastern row of columns,

The SPK's museums, libraries and archives have been closed to the public for more than a month. The first steps towards reopening will be taken from 4 May 2020: In the State Library, the Ibero-American Institute and the State Institute for Music Research, media can once again be collected and return

Welcome! Museum club for children and young people from Ukraine at Haus Bastian receives follow-up funding of 50,000 euros from Berliner Sparkasse - continuation of successful work possible until summer 2026 - offer to be expanded to include free workshops for adults and families from refugee accomm

One year ago, the collector Erich Marx died at the age of 99. Around 200 invited guests honoured the great collector and patron today at a memorial service at the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, the museum whose creation and success Erich Marx had significantly supported with the

For the first time, the Indian public can experience the great artistic achievements of the ancient Mediterranean alongside the country's own cultural treasures. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) - "a museum of ideas" in Mumbai - is presenting ancient sculptures to mark 75 y

The umbrella theme of the 10th "Petersburg Dialogue" from 13 to 15 July 2010 was "German and Russian society in the next decade". Around 300 experts from all areas of society from both countries took part in the eight working groups in Yekaterinburg. In his opening speech for the Culture Working Gro

It marks the end of a long journey: after more than 140 years, human remains from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the State Museums in Berlin have been returned to Australia in a formal ceremony. They were received by a group of men who had travelled a long way to witness this moment.

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