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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, and later with the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg (Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection), a museum district for High Modernist ar

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 is being built there as well. More on Köpenick

06.11.2017 “The West was not worthy of such works of art“ Article In the case of European-American art, research into the provenance of works most often examines the question of confiscation during persecution by the Nazis. But what is the situation with regard to East Asian collectibles? In 2017, C

18.08.2017 “In order to return something, you have to know where it comes from“ Article A project to establish the origins of East African human remains starts in October 2017 at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (MVF) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Bernhard Heeb, curator of the MVF and ma

31.08.2017 So Why Is It Taking So Long? Article Hanna Strzoda, provenance researcher in a project examining acquisitions for the “Sammlung der Zeichnungen” made between 1933 and 1945, and Anna Pfäfflin, curator for 19th-century art in the Kupferstichkabinett, describe the typical problems they encou

03.06.2026 National Gallery – what does that actually mean? Our guest in the first SPK summer interview of 2026: Anette Hüsch Article In 2026, we will once again be interviewing key figures from the SPK at the foundation’s most beautiful locations to discuss the current state of affairs. This year,

Museumsinsel Berlin, Historical Center, and Humboldt Forum The Museumsinsel and the original building of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin are located in Berlin’s historical center. Moreover, the Foundations non-European collections are presented at the Humboldt Forum as well. The Museumsinsel as the O

03.02.2017 Keep your mouth shut and listen carefully Article The end of the cosy atmosphere: Bernd Kluge from the Münzkabinett on struggles over resources and existential fears following the fall of the Berlin Wall. After the fall of the Wall, changes reached the museum rather quickly too. The full-

Charlottenburg 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, and later with the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, a museum district for High Modernist art was established

Dahlem When Germany was still divided, many of the museums in West Berlin were located in Dahlem. After reunification, a large number of collections were transferred to Mitte. In 2021 approximately 24,000 objects from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst moved to the Humbold