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  1. Ludwig Unter den Linden, Karl Friedrich in the church and Claudia at the Kulturforum - the highlights of 2020 were presented at the SPK's annual reception (05.02.2020)

    This year, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is preparing for the reopening of the Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden and the handover of the keys to the Neue Nationalgalerie. As SPK President Hermann Parzinger said at the traditional annual reception in the James-Simon-Galerie, the Staatsbib

  2. Thorsten Strauß remains at the helm of the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage: Representatives of German business accompany the transformation of the SPK (12.06.2020)

    Thorsten Strauß, representative of Deutsche Bank AG on the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage and Managing Director of Thor Advisors GmbH, will continue to head the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage for another year. He was unanimously confirmed as Chairman at the end of M

  3. Welfenschatz: U.S. Solicitor General supports SPK in proceedings before the Supreme Court (28.05.2020)

    United States Department of Justice recommends that the U.S. Supreme Court hear the Guelph Treasure case and overturn lower court decision In June 2019, the SPK turned to the U.S. Supreme Court in the restitution proceedings concerning the Guelph Treasure. It requested a ruling on the legal question

  4. Provenance Research Day at the SPK (07.04.2020)

    The second International Day of Provenance Research will take place on 8 April 2020. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin have prepared numerous online contributions to provide an insight into the work of provenance researchers. Unfortunately, the planned events have ha

  5. More money, more jobs: SPK can also consistently tackle "refurbishment backlog" (18.11.2019)

    The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) is granted 20 new posts for building maintenance on the Foundation's buildings - SPK's building maintenance budget increases to 10.34 million euros The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) has been granted 20 new posts fo

  6. SPK and Staatliche Museen zu Berlin cooperate with Saxony-Anhalt: furniture designer Erich Dieckmann to be honoured with exhibition in Halle and Berlin in 2022 (12.05.2021)

    Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin as well as Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt and Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle to launch the rediscovery of the Bauhäusler in spring 2022 - Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of Culture Robra hands over funding decisio

  7. Provenance Research Day at the SPK: Virtual exhibition and online event with provenance researchers (13.04.2021)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin will once again be taking part in the third International Day of Provenance Research on 14 April - with a virtual exhibition, a digital discussion with provenance researchers and new content on the websites. The virtual exhibition "S

  8. SPK reform commission wants to strengthen personal responsibility (11.03.2021)

    At its meeting yesterday, the Reform Commission of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) discussed the situation at the Berlin State Library (SBB), the Ibero-American Institute (IAI) and the Secret State Archives (GStA) in detail. The discussions centred on the question of how the autonomy

  9. Temple and barn: The new SPK magazine is dedicated to the future of the Berlin Cultural Forum (30.06.2021)

    To coincide with the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin on 21 August and the progress of construction work on the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, a booklet is being published that explores the possibilities of the Quarter of Art, Literature, Music and Science Berli

  10. "Do we need another revolution?" SPK Annual Report 2020 on the pandemic and change published (17.06.2021)

    The 2020 annual report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has now been published, somewhat delayed due to the pandemic. The past year was particularly challenging for everyone and, of course, for the SPK - but despite all the adversity, it had its good moments. The important exhibitions, e