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  1. Inés de Castro will not be Collection Director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art (13.02.2018)

    SPK President Parzinger regrets cancellation - We will soon present a new collection director Inés de Castro, Director of the Linden-Museum Stuttgart, will not become Director of the collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin in the Humboldt

  2. Federal budget strengthens SPK (11.09.2024)

    Parzinger: Federal Government significantly strengthens the SPK - thanks to Claudia Roth The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be significantly strengthened in the 2025 federal budget. SPK President Hermann Parzinger thanked Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth and her organisation: "

  3. Visitor figures for the museums in 2005 (21.12.2006)

    The Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz, together with the German Museums Association, has published the overall statistical survey of museums in the Federal Republic of Germany for the year 2005. The survey provides information on visitor number

  4. With more than 109 million visits in 2006, interest in museums and exhibition centres remains high (21.12.2007)

    The Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz has statistically analysed the visitor figures collected at museums throughout Germany as well as other data for 2006 and published them in a publication. Museums in Germany recorded a total of 102,645,078

  5. Action week "Avantgarde Architecture" as part of the 8th Petersburg Dialogue from 29. 9. to 3. 10. 2008 in St. Petersburg (02.10.2008)

    As part of the 8th Petersburg Dialogue, the "Avant-garde Architecture" action week has been taking place in St. Petersburg since 29 September and will continue until 3 October 2008. The aim of the action week is to draw attention to the exceptionally rich heritage of architectural monuments from the

  6. Sample Procedure German Digital Library (13.09.2021)

    Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe hears case on framing technology After the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgement in the preliminary ruling proceedings (case no.: C-392/19) on the interpretation of the term "communication to the public" under copyright law at the beginning of Mar

  7. Portal on coins of the Ostrogoths launched (17.02.2025)

    Together with international partners, the Münzkabinett Berlin has set up a new digital type catalogue on the coinage of the Ostrogoths in Italy, the OCOI - Online Coinage of Ostrogothic Italy. For the first time, the digital catalogue allows freely available research within the coinage of the Ostrog

  8. Results of provenance research on skulls from West Africa published – provenance research on nearly 600 skulls completed (22.04.2026)

    As part of a project launched in 2021, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History at the State Museums in Berlin has investigated the provenance of nearly 600 skulls from the former German colonies in West Africa, in collaboration with researchers from Togo and Cameroon. The findings of this project

  9. Hermann Parzinger elected member of the British Academy (10.08.2010)

    Hermann Parzinger, prehistorian, archaeologist and President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, was recently elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Hermann Parzinger says: "I am certain that my membership of the British Academy will further strengthen the profile of the

  10. SPK Board of Trustees approves agreement between the public sector and the House of Hohenzollern on disputed ownership issues (26.05.2025)

    Ownership of disputed collections will be transferred to a foundation under private law - SPK gives up objects as part of a compensation scheme - Parzinger: Museum visitors stand to gain the most from this agreement On 26 May 2025, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation,