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  1. What moves the SPK 2026 (27.02.2026)

    At the annual reception in the James-Simon-Galerie, the SPK organisations presented their highlights and focal points for the current year. SPK President Ackermann: "We offer a strong programme and rise to challenges Almost 300 guests from politics, culture, science, business, tourism and society at

  2. New website for the State Institute for Music Research: fresher, more user-friendly, more up-to-date (10.02.2021)

    New layout, new structure, new content - the website of the State Institute for Music Research www.simpk.de has been completely relaunched. The new website of the State Institute for Music Research has been online for a few days now. With its completely revised structure and new design, it is much c

  3. Benin bronzes: Agreement for repatriation still in 2022 (28.06.2022)

    SPK President Parzinger: Objects should be returned to Nigeria "as quickly as possible" - Long-term loans at the Humboldt Forum An agreement on the transfer of ownership and loans for the so-called Benin bronzes in the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin is to be

  4. SPK summer interview with Patricia Rahemipour (30.03.2026)

    For our fourth and final summer interview, we head to Dahlem to meet Patricia Rahemipour, Director of the Institute for Museum Research, in the garden of a villa with links to

  5. What defines the Dahlem spirit? (30.03.2026)

    Dahlem is a place of collaboration. The Director of the Botanical Garden, the President of the FU and the Director of the Institute for Museum Research discuss common ground and connections

  6. An ensemble of stark contrasts (30.03.2026)

    Museums have always played a central role in the planning for Dahlem. A cultural centre was to be built here – much of it remained at the planning stage

  7. 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

  8. The finest art in the most beautiful moonlight (30.03.2026)

    The colonnades on Museum Island celebrate the joys of symmetry and are a wonderful place to reflect whilst on the move: open, elegant and offering enticing urban views

  9. Hidden Gems: The feisty lioness in the portfolio (26.03.2026)

    Hidden Gems today with Nadja Cholidis, Deputy Director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East

  10. Those weren’t ‘your’ Nuba, Leni Riefenstahl! (30.03.2026)

    Did Leni Riefenstahl exploit an ethnic group in Sudan? A collaborative project between the Ethnological Museum and the Art Library has now asked the people photographed to share their perspective