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The second International Day of Provenance Research will take place on 8 April 2020. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin have prepared numerous online contributions to provide an insight into the work of provenance researchers. Unfortunately, the planned events have ha

This year, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is preparing for the reopening of the Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden and the handover of the keys to the Neue Nationalgalerie. As SPK President Hermann Parzinger said at the traditional annual reception in the James-Simon-Galerie, the Staatsbib

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation gets a Chief Information Officer - Digital transformation is progressing In recent years, the SPK has taken numerous steps to develop further in the area of digitalisation. Since 2017, new measures have been initiated and a digital strategy developed for SPK

Thorsten Strauß, representative of Deutsche Bank AG on the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage and Managing Director of Thor Advisors GmbH, will continue to head the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage for another year. He was unanimously confirmed as Chairman at the end of M

United States Department of Justice recommends that the U.S. Supreme Court hear the Guelph Treasure case and overturn lower court decision In June 2019, the SPK turned to the U.S. Supreme Court in the restitution proceedings concerning the Guelph Treasure. It requested a ruling on the legal question

Human remains in the collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin are returned to Australia. The Australian government has been in dialogue with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) for several years regarding human remains from the collections of the Ethnologi

There are two mummified heads of face-tattooed Māori men (Toi moko) in the collections of the Ethnological Museum. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), to which the Ethnological Museum belongs, will return them to New Zealand. In autumn 2019, the Museum of New Zealand asked Te Papa Tonga

The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will address the legal questions raised by the SPK regarding the admissibility of the Guelph Treasure proceedings in the USA. The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will review the legal questions raised by the SPK regarding jurisdiction over th

SPK participates in the NFDI4Culture consortium for research data on tangible and intangible cultural assets - funding approved for the next few years A few days ago, the Joint Science Conference (GWK) of the federal and state governments decided to fund the NFDI4Culture consortium, in which the SPK

The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) is granted 20 new posts for building maintenance on the Foundation's buildings - SPK's building maintenance budget increases to 10.34 million euros The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) has been granted 20 new posts fo