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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

At its adjustment meeting on 26 November 2020, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved a special programme for the preservation of the historical buildings of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. By 2025, a total of over 76 million euros will be available to preserve the Foundati

Directorate of the Gemäldegalerie to be re-advertised - Management of the Nationalgalerie to be divided into three positions - Grütters and Parzinger thank Michael Eissenhauer On 23 November 2020, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Cu

Work is currently starting on site for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. The Haus der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is being built according to plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Several measures are necessary to prepare the area for the construction work. The southbound l

On 10 November 2020, the exhibition "Iron Age - Europe without Borders" opens at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Around 1600 objects from the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage and the three Russian partner museums will provi

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