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SPK restitutes two works by Max Slevogt to the heirs of Bruno Cassirer and buys back both works. The painting "Portrait of Bruno Cassirer", the purchase of which was made possible by the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, will be exhibited in the Alte Nationalgalerie from 4 March 2025 The SPK has rest

An approximation by the Museum Europäischer Kulturen (MEK, Museum of European Cultures) and the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut as part of the MEK’s 21st European Cultural Days Every summer, the Museum Europäischer Kulturen (external link, opens in a new window) (MEK, Museum of European Cultures) orga

Scharoun's listed architectural icon urgently needs to be renovated - redesigned into a modern, sustainable, user-friendly library - complex construction project with relocation of 5.4 million books The urgently needed basic refurbishment of the "Bücherschiff" at the Kulturforum can begin. The build

European Court of Justice rules on framing technology Yesterday morning, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgement in preliminary ruling proceedings (case no.: C-392/19), which were initiated in 2019 by the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (case no.: I ZR 113/18). In the case, th

Die aktuelle Erhebung des Instituts für Museumsforschung zeigt stabile Besucherzahlen, eine hohe Ausstellungstätigkeit und erstmals umfassende Daten zu Zoos und Botanischen Gärten. Die Museen und Ausstellungshäuser in Deutschland verzeichneten im Jahr 2024 insgesamt 107,4 Millionen Besuche und damit

One of the most valuable collections of the former Prussian State Library, now the Berlin State Library, the Autographa Collection, has been catalogued after several years of intensive work and is now recorded in a comprehensive two-part catalogue (book and CD-ROM). The special feature of this catal

In a working paper on “Restitution and Postcolonial Justice,” Julia von Sigsfeld analyzes restitution processes for cultural property in a postcolonial context. The focus is on a dialogical approach that involves museums and societies of origin on an equal footing. The Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut

On September 23, the Belgian House of Representatives returned a painting by Friedrich Nerly to the SPK. It belonged to the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Old National Gallery of the Berlin State Museums) and had previously been considered a war loss. The

As part of the “Arquivo Kamayurá” project, representatives of the Kamayurá culture visited and documented ethnographic-historical objects of the Kamayurá culture in European museums and also visited the IAI. On March 10, 2025, Kanawayuri Marcello Kamayurá and Auakamu Kamayurá visited the Ibero-Ameri

18.12.2017 Grave Goods From Alaska Article The SPK is returning nine objects from the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to the Chugach Alaska Corporation. We asked Monika Zessnik, the curator of the North America collection at the museum, how this came about. Ms. Zessnik, who