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  1. On the current debate about the Museum of the 20th Century at the National Gallery at the Kulturforum (30.10.2019)

    In its issue of 30 October 2019, the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" reported on the Nationalgalerie's planned 20th century museum at Berlin's Kulturforum. The article "Very, very much space" by Jörg Häntzschel distorts key aspects of the new building. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation corrects some p

  2. Hermann Parzinger inducted into the Order Pour le mérite (13.07.2011)

    Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, was elected as a new member at this year's assembly of the Order Pour le mérite for Sciences and Arts. The ceremonial induction into the Order will take place at its public annual meeting in 2012 in the presence of the Federa

  3. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation returns archives to the Diksmuide City Archives (Belgium) (06.06.2014)

    On Monday, 9 June 2014, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, will hand over 17 archive boxes containing valuable late medieval and early modern documents to the Diksmuide City Archives. The archival documents were discovered during a re-cataloguing of the docume

  4. SPK appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Guelph Treasure restitution proceedings (21.06.2019)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) will appeal to the United States Supreme Court to dismiss the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure on the grounds that the American courts lack jurisdiction. - English version: please find PDF below German text - The Guelph Treasure is a collec

  5. New publication: Looting and Rescue - Russian Museums in the Second World War (07.11.2019)

    For the first time, Russian and German researchers have jointly analysed the wartime losses of Russian museums during the Second World War. The results are summarised in the recently published book "Raub und Rettung. Russian Museums in the Second World War", which uses detailed case studies to shed

  6. Topping-out ceremony for the Neues Museum: Insight into the "workshop" of reconstruction (21.09.2007)

    Today's topping-out ceremony and the three subsequent open days offer the public the opportunity to gain an impression of the progress of the construction and restoration work that has been underway for four years in the war-damaged Neues Museum. As one of the five buildings on the Museum Island, it

  7. SPK researches the origin of human remains from East Africa - Gerda Henkel Foundation supports the project (02.08.2017)

    As part of a pilot project, the SPK will be researching the provenance of around a thousand human skulls from the former colony of German East Africa from the beginning of October. The project is based at the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin and is funded by t

  8. Networking for sustainability: SPK is committed to a climate-neutral culture (30.09.2022)

    SPK joins sustainability action network and signs sustainability declaration for the cultural sector - Parzinger: Making sustainability the basis of our actions As of today, the SPK is a partner of the Action Network Sustainability in Culture and Media (ANKM). The network, which is funded by the Fed

  9. SPK takes part in the #WeRemember campaign to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January (26.01.2024)

    The motifs are places or objects from Jewish collectors that play a role in the project "Art, Looting and Restitution - Forgotten Life Stories" The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its President Hermann Parzinger are taking part in the #WeRemember campaign organised by the World Jewish Cong

  10. Emanuele Marconi becomes the new director of the Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research (18.06.2024)

    Italian musicologist, restorer and curator with international experience in museum work takes over from Conny Restle on 15 July The Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research is getting a new director. The musicologist, restorer and curator Emanuele Marconi will take over fr