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museum4punkt0 has been researching new ways of digital communication in museums for three years. As part of a digital conference on 27 and 28 October 2020, the association will present its findings and discuss current issues relating to digitality. Minister of State Monika Grütters, Federal Governme

A ceremony was held today at the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin to prepare two mummified and tattooed Māori heads (Toi moko) for their repatriation to New Zealand. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), to which the Ethnological Museum belongs, had decided to return

bpk picture agency launches new website on Abisag Tüllmann's photojournalistic work - 10,000 digital views of original prints, backsheets, contact sheets, colour slides and documents from 40 years To mark the 85th birthday of photographer Abisag Tüllmann (1935-1996), the bpk picture agency is launch

Special funds from the Coordination Centre for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage (KEK) are once again being used to support projects at the SPK: The Geheime Staatsarchiv PK will restore and digitise the estate of the architect Franz Schwechten. The Berlin State Library is continuing the

Parzinger on the corona crisis: Museums will close to the public from Monday (2 November) until the end of the month - archives and libraries will remain open under certain conditions The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, explains the corona crisis: "The numb

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled on fundamental legal questions regarding the jurisdiction of U.S. courts in the legal dispute over the Guelph Treasure. It overturned the decision of the lower courts, which had rejected the SPK's motion to dismiss, and referred the case back to the U.S. Distri

On 25 January 2021, the main building of the Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden will reopen digitally - after extensive refurbishment, modernisation and expansion. The structural and organisational measures have been completed and the Staatsbibliothek is ready to open the building. In his speech, Bun

111.6 million visits to German museums in 2019 - trend towards special exhibitions unbroken Special exhibition trend unbroken - Special topic of the 2019 overall statistical survey: Collection holdings and handling collections The museums participating in the survey reported a total of 111,633,603 v

The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media is continuing to fund museum4punkt0 with ten million euros in 2021. Together with ten new partners, cultural institutions across Germany are developing and testing digital offerings for new ways of learning, experiencing and participating

Restoration of an architectural icon: the covers have come off Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie - keys handed over on 29 April and reopening in August 2021 The completely renovated upper hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie with its crystalline shape is once again visible. Hermann Parzinger, Pre