application so that the proceeding would also take other possible claims into account. On December 1, 2025, the Arbitration Tribunal for Nazi-Looted Art replaced the Commission. Recommendation of the Advisory
we are currently in the process of successfully completing a project to digitise and index around 1,100 hospital account books dating back to the mid-14th century, which have been preserved almost in
we have: the original manuscripts of the 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th symphonies, and Piano Concertos no. 1-3 and 5. Why does the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin have so many of Beethoven’s best works? Part of the
collection Stumbling across the name Salomon Five years ago, whilst researching the ‘Adam Collection’ (1), an employee of the State Secret Archives noticed the note ‘acquired from the Salomon Collection’. [...] the ongoing provenance research project on the Adam Collection at the State…
realise that change was possible come from? Early humans were very keen observers. The mastery of fire 1.5 to 2 million years ago was another significant step in their development. Fire allowed meat to be
responsibility to understand the colonial contexts in which the Ethnologisches Museum acquired the nearly 1,400 objects from Namibia that are now in its collection. It was especially important to us to analyze
Kirchner and Pablo Picasso, right through to Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter. It holds works spanning 1,000 years of art, cultural and media history, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The collection
States. That prompted us to commission a representative survey of the population. In total, just over 1,000 people aged 16 and over took part in the study, which was carried out in December 2023. What were
entirety for the first time The oldest fragment, a register over four meters long (Codex Humboldt Fragment 1), is particularly elaborate. It was probably created 500 years ago in the former kingdom of Tlapan- [...] masters. Another fine example of the use of image and language is the…
Foundation (West Berlin) since 1966, its director from 1990 to 1995 Elstner: I started work in Dahlem on 1 September 1991. A colleague showed me round the building. Only a few colleagues were a bit reserved