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The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has acquired Alexander von Humboldt's American Travel Diaries. Written partly in German and partly in French during his great voyage of discovery through Central and South America between 1799 and 1804, these unique and internationally highly significant his

The archaeological and ethnological collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin also contain human remains. These include bones, some of which have entered the collection in processed form (e.g. in the case of ethnological artefacts such as bone flutes) and some in unprocessed form (e.g. archaeol

The war waged by the Islamic State terrorist militia against globally significant cultural sites in Iraq and Syria has brought the global problem of looted artefacts and illegal trafficking to a sadly topical level. When the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, together with the German Archaeologi

The illegal trade in cultural property in Germany is the focus of the new ILLICID research project. Over the next three years, this dark field will be analysed in detail. According to international organisations, profits from the illegal trade in cultural goods are an important pillar of organised c

In order to curb the illegal trade in antiquities from Iraq and Syria, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and UNESCO will work more closely together in future. A cooperation agreement to this effect has now been signed. The cooperation will focus on awareness-raising measures (as part of the

According to the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, the topping-out ceremony for the new Berlin Palace and the open building site days are a good opportunity to promote the outstanding collections on the art and culture of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the America

For some years now, the handling of non-European objects and their history has been the subject of public debate. In the course of intensified provenance research in all collections and also in preparation for the presentation in the Humboldt Forum, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is now p

From July 2015, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will publish a monthly newsletter. Subscribers receive the best overview of what is happening at the Foundation and the National Museums in Berlin, the Berlin State Library, the Ibero-American Institute, the State Institute for Music Research

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today handed over a brick fragment from the 3rd millennium BC to Iraq. A private individual sent the valuable piece by post to the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in March 2015 and gave it to the museum as a gift for further safek

Shortly after the Bonn Declaration on the protection of endangered cultural sites on the occasion of the 39th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the new SPK magazine reports on the threats to cultural treasures worldwide. "Our cultural heritage has been under threat for five years now.