News Archive - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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• Advancing Digital Transformation in Museums

  08.05.2017 - museum4punkt0 is the name of a recently launched, cross-institutional “ideas laboratory“ for digital applications in museums. We spoke about it with Markus Hilgert, manager of the…

• Destruction of Cultural Property Is a War Crime

  24.04.2017 - A recent resolution of the UN Security Council has affirmed that the protection of cultural heritage is not just a cultural issue, but also a security problem. Markus Hilgert,…

• Guelph Treasure Art Restitution Lawsuit: SPK Appeals U.S. District Court Decision

  21.04.2017 - The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has recently decided on the admissibility of a lawsuit seeking restitution of the "Guelph Treasure". SPK appeals the decision.

• Guelph Treasure: Court Decision

  01.04.2017 - U.S. District Court Issues Decision on Guelph Treasure Art Restitution Lawsuit Against SPK and Federal Republic of Germany. Several components of the Motion to Dismiss were…

• bpk-Bildagentur to Be Central Online Shop for Museums, Archives, and Libraries

  14.03.2017 - Funding approved by Monika Grütters will make the digitized images in the possession of all German cultural institutions more accessible

• „When It Comes to Cultural Heritage, Digitization Alone Is Not Enough“

  08.03.2017 - The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, or DDB, is a digital platform for Germany's cultural and scientific heritage. Approximately 20.5 million books, documents, images, and audio…

• Provenance Research Project regarding Mosse Collection

  07.03.2017 - The „Mosse Art Research Initiative“ (MARI) was presented to the public today. SPK is partner to the project which is an unprecedented initiative in provenance research.

• The Whole World on One Island

  24.02.2017 - For the first time outside of the Villa von der Heydt: At their 2017 yearly press conference at the Altes Museum, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz demonstrated that all sights…

• More Luther!

  01.01.2017 - 2017 is fully dedicated to the Reformation. The world is celebrating this historical event 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg…

• Lost sculpture from the Antikensammlung rediscovered in Russia

  28.12.2016 - The Calvatone Victory was displayed until 1939 in the Altes Museum on Berlin’s Museumsinsel and has been missing since the end of the war. Recently, it has been found in St.…