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Research Services The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz provides scholars with information and hence with complex, interconnected services. The extent and quality of their holdings and expertise in the institutions provide outstanding infrastructure for research. The papers of Gerhart Hauptmann in

Protection of Cultural Heritage The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz protects the cultural property in its possession in various special ways. It is also actively involved in many projects and partnerships for the protection of cultural heritage worldwide. All around the world, cultural property i

Wartime Losses of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Second World War resulted in great losses to the Prussian collections. Much was destroyed. Many of the holdings that had been displaced for their protection did not return to the collections, for various reasons. The Second World War left

The 2021 Budget The budget of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz is divided into an operating budget and a construction budget. The budget plan for 2021 includes total expenditures of around 368,95 million euros. At the end of each year, the Foundation Board establishes the budget of the Stiftun

Global Network for Protecting Cultural Heritage The Foundation is committed to international action in response to the worldwide threat to cultural heritage. A collaborative project is investigating illicit trade and devising new methods of protecting cultural assets. "Cultural Heritage in Danger: I

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

Numerous people from Germany and abroad visit and use the Foundation’s museums, libraries, and archives. Its offerings to impart culture and fulfill its task of educating are correspondingly broad. More on This Subject

Photography, Audio Recording, and Filmmaking Photography, audio recording, and filmmaking are possible with the permission of the press office for purposes of news reporting as well as with regard to general themes regarding the Foundation’s world. Photographers in the Neues Museum © SPK News Report

A few weeks ago, a kimono dress created by Japanese designer Kenzō Takada was donated to the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. As fashion curator Katrin Lindemann explains, the garment was long forgotten by its owner before eventually making its way to Ber

The origins of the vast majority of the museum, library, and archival holdings that have been brought together within the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) long predate its founding. Their diversity and their continuing importance were largely attained in the