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The lawsuit against the SPK for the return of the Guelph Treasure was allowed by the U.S. Court of Appeals, but dismissed against the Federal Republic of Germany. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will now examine further options. In February 2015, a lawsuit for the return of the Guelph Trea

Open access to scientific knowledge as a central field of action for the SPK - new Open Science Declaration adopted Open science is not only a key issue in science and research, but also in the cultural sector and in society in general. In addition to Open Access, this also requires Open Data and Op

The 2021 Annual Report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has just been published. SPK President Hermann Parzinger writes in the editorial that the past twelve months have been characterised above all by "a longing for normality". Despite the pandemic-related impositions, many visitors onc

Following a two-day competition, the winners of the 2007 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize have been announced today: Li-Chun Su from the Berlin University of the Arts in the piano category and the duo Pauline Reguig (violin) and Emilio Peroni (piano) from the Rostock University of Music and Theatre

The press conference on the launch of the ideas competition for the Museum of the 20th Century on 3 September 2015 at 10 a.m. will take place NOT in the foyer of the Kulturforum but in the Curt-Sachs-Saal of the State Institute for Music Research Prussian Cultural Heritage Tiergartenstraße 1 entranc

Celebrating a world star: 200 years of Museum Island Berlin - The big island festival from 30 May to 1 June 2025 Lots on offer for free and outdoors - With the island day ticket for 14 euros to all museums - Almost 70 free guided tours - Kolonnadenbar opens for the island festival - Friends and part

German archaeologists found an umbrella organisation and create a mouthpiece for politicians and the public. The founding meeting of the "German Association for Archaeology" (DVA) took place in Bremen on 4 October 2011 as part of the 7th German Archaeology Congress. Following failed attempts to unit

New layout, new structure, new content - the website of the Secret State Archives PK has been completely relaunched / Research room reopened to users on 14 May 2020 Following the recent amendment to the Berlin SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance, archives are now also allowed to reopen. The Se

Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returned four paintings from the 18th century. The paintings were handed over to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for restoration in 1942 via an art dealer, but were not collected again despite repeated requests. From then on, they were kept in the col

Five-part series to honour German musical instrument making planned until 2022 / Presentation of the first coin on 8 May at 6 pm with Bettina Hagedorn, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance, and SPK Vice President Günther Schauerte at the Musical Instrument Museum A double