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The Speicherstadt for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin-Friedrichshagen The architects AV1 Architekten, Kaiserslautern, are the winners of the competition for the new depots and workshops of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin-Friedrichshagen. The j

The reconstruction of the Berlin Palace as the Humboldt Forum successfully passes an important milestone: on 29 May, the first major object from the National Museums in Berlin, the world's only airboat from Oceania, arrives on schedule in the exhibition hall on the first floor. Hans-Dieter Hegner, C

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

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation considers the confusion surrounding the competition decision in favour of Franco Stella's design for the reconstruction of the Berlin Palace to be very regrettable. The collaboration with the architect to date has been extremely constructive and harmonious.

WITH REGISTRATION, ADMISSION FREE (some offers subject to charge) The 8th International Day of Provenance Research will take place on 8 April 2026. On this day, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will offer insights into the topics and work of provenance research within their museums and institutions.

A new highlight enriches Berlin's cultural life: the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection, which is being shown under the name "Surreal Worlds" in the eastern Stüler Building opposite the Museum Berggruen and Charlottenburg Palace. The "Dieter Scharf Collection in Memory of Otto Gerstenberg Foundation" has

Scientists discussed "The future of the humanities in a multipolar world" on the Museum Island. How is the future of the humanities shaping up in our multipolar world? What role do the humanities play in a 21st century society characterised by cultural and social change and how do they see their new

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, is a new member of the American Philosophical Society. Founded in 1743, the American Philosophical Society promotes research in numerous disciplines in the humanities and natural sciences. Hermann Parzinger says: "As a non-Am

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) is continuing its successful media partnership with ZDF, which began 15 years ago. On Wednesday evening, 22 June 2016, ZDF Director General Thomas Bellut and SPK President Hermann Parzinger signed the extension of the partnership until 2020. As part of

Today in New York, a three-thousand-year-old gold tablet from Assur, which had been lost by the Museum of the Ancient Near East in the turmoil at the end of the war, was returned to the museum. The handover took place in Nassau County Surrogate's Court, presided over by Judge Edward W. McCarty. The