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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:

Celebrating a world star: 200 years of Museum Island Berlin - The big island festival from 30 May to 1 June 2025 Lots on offer for free and outdoors - With the island day ticket for 14 euros to all museums - Almost 70 free guided tours - Kolonnadenbar opens for the island festival - Friends and part

The third SPK Summer Interview with Barbara Göbel, Director of the IAI and member of the SPK Interim Board, took place under the tropical-looking trumpet tree in the courtyard of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI).

The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin recently hosted an academic discussion entitled "Card catalogues. Untouchable cultural asset, active object of research or substitutable historical tool?". The colloquium demonstrated the academic interest in fundamental research into the history and significance of ca

"Das 'Fremde' und ich - Migration und Integration als Chance" - this is the title of a panel of experts discussing demographic change from different perspectives on 30 May 2013 from 12 noon at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities at Gendarmenmarkt. The joint event organised by t

Exploitation of a collection under complex conditions - ethical-legal questions and artistic debate The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is cataloguing and researching the extensive estate of Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003). The Art Library with its Museum of Photography, the Ethnological Museum,

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

To mark the tenth anniversary of the "Principles of the Washington Conference with Respect to Nazi-Confiscated Art", the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste are organising an international symposium today and tomorrow entitled "Taking Responsibility.

The Advisory Commission, which is chaired by Prof Dr Jutta Limbach and deals with issues relating to the restitution of cultural assets seized as a result of Nazi persecution, today discussed the application for the return of the so-called Guelph Treasure and heard the parties involved. She has now

The kick-off meeting for the ILLICID research project took place today at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin with international participation. Over the next three years, ILLICID will use dark field research to gather information on the illegal trade in cultural artefacts in Germany.