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  1. National Socialist art theft: Provenance researchers from Germany and America establish network (30.10.2019)

    German/American Provenance Research Exchange Programme (PREP) has come to an end: Transatlantic network has been established The German-American Exchange on Provenance Research in Museums, PREP for short, has come to an end in Washington. Museum experts from 25 German and American institutions speci

  2. GERMAN SALES - a new dimension of transparency (25.10.2019)

    Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Heidelberg University Library and Getty Research Institute put 9000 historical auction catalogues online - a benefit for provenance research and art market research Around 9,000 catalogues published between 1901 and 1945 by more than 390 auction hous

  3. Statement by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation on the "Open Letter: We demand free access to museum inventories of African artefacts in Germany!" (17.10.2019)

    Anyone who takes an unbiased look at the work of museums in Germany knows that they go to great lengths to disclose their collections and create transparency. The debate about object biographies of African collections is not a new topic for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. On the contrary:

  4. Ground-breaking ceremony for the Museum of the 20th Century (03.12.2019)

    The ground-breaking ceremony for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century took place today in the presence of Monika Grütters, Minister of State for Culture, and Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin. The event on the construction site of the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Strasse is a milesto

  5. Berlin Egyptian Museum becomes project partner in the establishment of the Akhenaten Museum near Amarna (19.11.2019)

    Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of the National Museums in Berlin committed to establishing the Akhenaten Museum in el-Minja - Parzinger signs corresponding memorandum and welcomes support from the Federal Government's Museum Agency Since 2002, the Akhenaten Museum (Akhenaten Museum) has been

  6. More money, more jobs: SPK can also consistently tackle "refurbishment backlog" (18.11.2019)

    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

  7. Parzinger: Now the Kulturforum can become the Museum Island of Modernism (14.11.2019)

    Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approves cost plan for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century The cost plan for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin was approved today at the German Bundestag's budget committee meeting to finalis

  8. Wartime loss of the Berlin antiquities collection turns up at the Museum of Cultural History in Magdeburg (05.05.2020)

    Museum of Cultural History Magdeburg hands over ancient Greek vase to the Collection of Classical Antiquities of the National Museums in Berlin - Vase had been considered a war loss since 1945 - on display in Magdeburg until 17 May, then in the Altes Museum in Berlin The Museum of Cultural History M

  9. Provenance Research Day at the SPK (07.04.2020)

    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

  10. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation launches new research newsletter (27.03.2020)

    Every two months, the SPK aims to provide information on the diversity of its research projects: from basic research to provenance research, from material research to perception research - the Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees supports the new format The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz