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On 17 May 2022, the Goethe-Institut Angola presented the translation of the complete, multi-volume object list of the Angola collection of the Ethnological Museum Berlin to the Angolan Ministry of Culture at a ceremony. In this way, the partners hope to contribute to greater transparency in the deba

Stefan Simon, Director of the Rathgen Research Laboratory at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, is the first SPK employee to be awarded a Distinguished Research Chair by the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programme. In the academic year 2024-2025, Simon will work on his research project "Cultural Heritage and

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has recovered four paintings from the Alte Nationalgalerie that had been lost since the Second World War. They were offered independently of each other in the art trade from private ownership and identified as the property of the Prussian Cultural Heritage F

The ceremonial handover of the keys will take place today (12 noon) in the James-Simon-Galerie in the presence of the Minister of State for Culture, Monika Grütters, and the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community, Marco Wanderwitz. The building

With today's ceremony, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is celebrating the arrival of Alexander von Humboldt's American Travel Diaries at the Berlin State Library in the presence of Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin, Monika Grütters, Minister of State for Culture, and Johanna Wanka,

Dr Achim Bonte is to become the new Director General of the Berlin State Library. This was decided unanimously by the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today, Wednesday. Bonte succeeds Barbara Schneider-Kempf, who is retiring after seventeen years at the helm of Germany'

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

The new guided tour format was launched at the start of 2026. Over the course of 90 minutes, the tour takes visitors on a journey through the highlights of the collections from four continents. It tells the stories behind the cultural artefacts – for example, how they came to be in the museum. The t

The new guided tour format was launched at the start of 2026. Over the course of 90 minutes, the tour takes visitors on a journey through the highlights of the collections from four continents. It tells the stories behind the cultural artefacts – for example, how they came to be in the museum. The t

3sat and the SPK had organised an evening event on trust in museums: it sparked a wide-ranging discussion on neutrality, freedom and democratic civic culture