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  1. Hermann Parzinger receives "Order of Friendship" of the Russian Federation (04.11.2009)

    Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, was presented with the "Order of Friendship" by Russian President Medvedev at a ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow today. This highest Russian honour for foreign citizens was awarded to him in recognition of his outstanding sc

  2. International conference (20.12.2011)

    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

  3. Fostering creativity and strength in the Giant – SPK summer interview with Achim Bonte (30.03.2026)

    In the courtyard of Café Felix in the Stabi unter den Linden, the SPK summer interview series entered its next round: Achim Bonte, Director General of the Berlin State Library, discusses what defines libraries in the 21st century and why the foundation reform will not result in a museum network with

  4. Fostering creativity and strength in the Giant – SPK summer interview with Achim Bonte (30.03.2026)

    In the courtyard of Café Felix in the Stabi unter den Linden, the SPK summer interview series entered its next round: Achim Bonte, Director General of the Berlin State Library, discusses what defines libraries in the 21st century and why the foundation reform will not result in a museum network with

  5. No negotiations on Nefertiti (18.12.2009)

    Recent newspaper reports that the Director of the Egyptian Museum of the National Museums in Berlin, Dr Friederike Seyfried, is negotiating with Dr Zahi-Hawass, Director General of the Egyptian Antiquities Administration, in Cairo about the whereabouts of the famous bust of Nefertiti are completely

  6. Nazi-looted art: SPK restitutes five works from the Gemäldegalerie (21.10.2024)

    Fair and equitable solution: SPK restitutes five works to the heirs of the owners of the Matthiesen Gallery - one work remains in the Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin In 1935, Dresdner Bank sold around 4,400 works of art to the Prussian state, which handed them over to the museums. Si

  7. Foundation Board clears the way for the return of the Ngonnso' to Cameroon (27.06.2022)

    Parzinger: Object is regarded by the Nso' as a mother deity and has great spiritual significance for the society of origin At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz authorised SPK President Hermann Parzinger to conclude an agreement with the relevant autho

  8. SPK Annual Report 2023 published: Focus on NS art theft (05.07.2024)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation's institutions counted almost 4.5 million visitors in 2023. This success, which builds on the pre-corona period and is a great vote of confidence, is highlighted in the Annual Report 2023, which was published recently. He also looks at the important events -

  9. Guelph Treasure - not Nazi-looted property (29.05.2009)

    The Guelph Treasure, the largest German church treasure owned by a public art collection, is preserved in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts. The Prussian state purchased it from a consortium of dealers in 1935. In January 2008, the heirs of these dealers, who were Jewish, asked the Prussian Cultu

  10. SPK returns human remains and grave goods to Hawai'i (11.04.2023)

    A few days ago, the SPK handed over four iwi kūpuna (human remains of Hawaiian descent) and seven moepū (grave goods) to Hui Iwi Kuamo'o, an organisation of Hawaiian First Nations representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). The human remains had been in the care of the Museum of Prehistory an