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The German Digital Library has today launched the online portal "Collections from colonial contexts" under the domain ccc.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de. This means that collection items from colonial contexts from 25 pilot institutions are now available online within the German Digital Library. In

On 30 November 2010, the Board of Trustees and the General Assembly of the German Digital Library (DDB) Competence Network were constituted in Berlin. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and newly elected spokesman of the board of the competence network coordina

SPK returns "Une Place à la Roche-Guyon" by Camille Pissarro to the Dorville heirs and purchases it for the Alte Nationalgalerie The representatives of the Armand Dorville heirs visited the Alte Nationalgalerie today to sign the restitution and purchase agreement for the work. The work was acquired

25.10.2024 The Sun Kings of Science A walk Feature The ‘German Oxford’: Around a century ago, the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes oscillated between being a breeding ground for Nobel Prize winners and being used as a political tool. The gate is locked, the paint on the fence is peeling, and through the sh

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) and the Smithsonian Institution (SI, Washington, USA), two of the world's largest museum complexes and research institutions, are launching a project to systematically network German and American provenance researchers. The three-year "German-American

The action for the return of the Guelph Treasure was partially allowed by the U.S. District Court at first instance. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which had filed a motion to dismiss the action in its entirety as inadmissible, will now examine its further options. In February 2015, a la

With around 111.6 million visits, the museums maintained the high level of 2016. The museums that took part in the survey reported around 8,800 special exhibitions, which is almost the same number as the previous year. The museums participating in the survey reported a total of 111,662,229 visits in

To mark the 125th anniversary of the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv, the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut and the Ethnologisches Museum presented wax cylinder recordings (1905-1934) from Latin America. These are now available worldwide in open access in the IAI's Digital Collections. To celebrate the 125th

Large parts of the Pergamon Museum will reopen in spring 2027. The Collection of Classical Antiquities and the Museum of Islamic Art will present their highlights in the north wing and central building. While construction work is still underway in some of their rooms, the antique artefacts are alrea

Demóstenes Toribio García (Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina), a member of the indigenous Wichí group, and Andrei Fernández, currently a fellow of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm (Artists in Berlin Residence Program) DAAD of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, visited the Ibero-Amerikan