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  1. Repatriation of human remains to Australia (11.09.2020)

    SPK will return human bones in a bark coffin and two mummified children’s bodies currently kept in the Ethnologisches Museum to Australia. Since 2011, Australia has followed a policy that supports Indigenous Australians in recovering and returning their ancestral remains from abroad. In February 202

  2. Open access for research and culture (07.02.2022)

    SPK adopts Open Science declaration for greater transparency and quality in science, as well as broader public involvement Open science is a central topic not only in science and research, but also in the cultural sector and society as a whole. In addition to open access, it requires open data and o

  3. U.S. Supreme Court will Decide Whether U.S. Courts Can Hear Welfenschatz Lawsuit Against SPK (02.07.2020)

    The U.S. Supreme Court today has granted SPK’s request to decide questions regarding jurisdiction over the Guelph Treasure restitution case in the USA and which nation’s court should resolve the matter. SPK had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the legal questions of whether U.S. courts have j

  4. “Now Be Glad, Berlin!”

    26.11.2019 “Now Be Glad, Berlin!” Article It wasn't just the peperoncini promised by Jacques Herzog to spice up the facade that turned up the heat at the public information event for the Museum of the 20th Century on November 18, 2019. The participants discussed all of the important questions relati

  5. SPK begins research into the origins of human remains in a historical collection from West Africa (14.09.2021)

    The provenance of human skulls from what was German West Africa is being investigated in a three-year joint research project at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte. It is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The collections of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschi

  6. Welfenschatz: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of SPK (04.02.2021)

    On February 3, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled unanimously in favor of SPK in the Guelph Treasure Restitution Lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) thus reversed the decisions of the lower courts. At the same time, it remanded the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Co

  7. Bauhaus Designer Erich Dieckmann Honored with Major Exhibition in Halle and Berlin (26.01.2022)

    A retrospective tracing the impact of the influential designer up to the present is being arranged by the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in collaboration with the Art Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt and Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. On

  8. Alte Nationalgalerie: Ralph Gleis Remains in Charge (28.06.2022)

    Foundation Board decides that Ralph Gleis will stay on as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie Ralph Gleis will continue to serve as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin). He was confirmed in that position on Monday by the Stiftungsrat d

  9. Lost Work by Eduard Gaertner Returns to Kupferstichkabinett (24.03.2022)

    Work by Eduard Gaertner back in the Kupferstichkabinett: Believed lost in wartime, but recognized at auction; donated to the museum by its prospective seller. Eduard Gaertner’s Der Leipziger Platz in Berlin (1862) has recently been returned to the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings).

  10. Korean Cultural Center in Germany to support Museum für Asiatische Kunst (16.12.2021)

    The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz have signed an agreement that includes funding for a curator's position. The focus lies on research into the Korean collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The funds will go to