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  1. Returns to Namibia and Tanzania: Foundation Board clears the way (27.06.2022)

    23 objects of the Ethnological Museum are to remain permanently in Namibia - agreement on returns to Tanzania also possible 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin can remain permanently in Namibia. The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural He

  2. Ngonnso’: Foundation Board clears the way for the return to Cameroon (27.06.2022)

    At its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation authorized SPK’s president Hermann Parzinger to conclude an agreement with the relevant authorities in Cameroon on the return of the so-called Ngonnso'. The female figure known as Ngonnso' originates from the his

  3. The Wreckage of Culture (25.02.2022)

    SPK President Hermann Parzinger on long-standing cultural relations with Russia and the fatal consequences of the Ukraine war SPK President Hermann Parzinger wrote this text earlier this week. We aren't going to update it, even if events have overtaken it, because it deals with the possibilities of

  4. Nefertiti Celebrates Ten Years Back on the Museumsinsel (12.08.2015)

    Exactly ten years ago, on 12 August 2005, the bust of Nefertiti returned to the Museumsinsel (Museum Island) after decades spent in several other places in Berlin and the rest of Germany. Today the likeness of the pharaoh’s “Great Royal Wife” attracts thousands of visitors to the Neues Museum each y

  5. „When It Comes to Cultural Heritage, Digitization Alone Is Not Enough“ (08.03.2017)

    The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, or DDB, is a digital platform for Germany's cultural and scientific heritage. Approximately 20.5 million books, documents, images, and audio recordings are currently available on their website. Frank Frischmuth, managing director of the DDB, tells us of their plans

  6. English edition of the Humboldt Forum Magazine (15.06.2016)

    In the Humboldt Forum Magazine, curators and exhibition designers introduce their concepts for the presentation of the collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art in the rebuilt Berlin Palace. The magazine also contains essays on the impact of colonialism on present day identi

  7. Image Brochure

    Image Brochure Once Around the World , the new image brochure, takes readers on a journey through a wide range of times, places, and stories involving SPK. Imagebroschüre der SPK © SPK / Mario Lombardo Once Around the World, the new image brochure, takes readers on a journey through a wide range of

  8. Restitution of Nazi-looted art: SPK returns Pissarro painting (18.10.2021)

    Une Place à la Roche-Guyon by Camille Pissarro is returned to the Dorville heirs and purchased for the Alte Nationalgalerie The SPK has returned Une Place à la Roche-Guyon by Camille Pissarro to the heirs of Armand Dorville and bought it back from them for the Alte Nationalgalerie. Today, the repres

  9. Locations of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz

    Locations of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) has its seat in Berlin. The many buildings of its institutions are found in various locations in the city. Some of them are historical sites of the Prussian collections.

  10. Sustainability

    Sustainability The SPK has set itself the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2035. Social, ecological and economic sustainability is to be implemented in all areas of work. Sustainability officers manage and support the implementation process. The Sustainability Unit is part of the Central Serv