Images

The image galleries illustrate the fields in which the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) is active. All of the image galleries on the website are available for viewing here in the media library. You can get images for downloading in the website's Press section, or from the bpk Bildagentur (Picture Agency bpk).

  • Four partially gilded figures standing on a base support a decorated basket
    Fruit basket with herms from the Service with Bouquet of Roses and Gold-and-Blue Edge, KPM Berlin, designed by Johann Georg Müller 1780–82, porcelain © Kunstgewerbemuseum, SMB / Karen Bartsch

    Highlights of the Collections in Köpenick

    13.12.2013 - In the Treptow-Köpenick District of Berlin, there is an annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts). The central storage location for the Foundation’s institutions…

  • “The Yellow Shirt”, a painting by Pablo Picasso
    Pablo Picasso, “The Yellow Shirt”, 1939, oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm © Sucession Picasso / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015 / bpk / Nationalgalerie, SMB, Museum Berggruen / Jens Ziehe

    Highlights of the Collections in Charlottenburg

    13.12.2013 - In the years when Germany was divided, Charlottenburg was the home primarily for the Foundation’s archaeological collections. Since 1996, with the addition of the Museum Berggruen,…

  • Wooden boat with two rectangular sails
    Sailboat for the high seas, 19th cent., wood, rattan, plant fibers and putty, bamboo, feathers, textiles, length: 14.98 m, width: 3.8 m © bpk/Ethnologisches Museum, SMB/W. Schneider-Schütz

    Highlights of the Collections in Dahlem

    13.12.2013 - During the period when Germany was divided, a wide variety of museums were located in Dahlem. The location did not develop a more focused identity until after the fall of the…

  • “Potsdamer Platz”, a painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: “Potsdamer Platz”, 1914, oil on canvas, 200 × 150 cm © bpk / Nationalgalerie, SMB / Jörg P. Anders CC NC-BY-SA

    Highlights of the Collections at the Kulturforum

    13.12.2013 - Four of the five institutions of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) have buildings at the Kulturforum. During the period when Berlin was…

  • Colorful bust of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti
    Bust of Nefertiti, 1351–1334 BC, limestone, painted stucco, rock crystal, wax, 49 × 24.5 × 35 cm © bpk / Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, SMB / Sandra Steiß

    Highlights of the Collections at the Museuminsel and Historical Center

    13.12.2013 - The Museumsinsel (Museum Island) and the original building of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library) are located in Berlin’s historical center. In the future, the…