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  1. The Wreckage of Culture (25.02.2022)

    SPK President Hermann Parzinger on long-standing cultural relations with Russia and the fatal consequences of the Ukraine war SPK President Hermann Parzinger wrote this text earlier this week. We aren't going to update it, even if events have overtaken it, because it deals with the possibilities of

  2. Talented young musicians take the stage (20.12.2021)

    From January 12 to 16, 2022, young musicians will compete in the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition in the piano and composition categories. This year, it is the turn of the best students in the piano and composition categories to compete in the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conserva

  3. Outstanding Wrap-Up to the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb 2022 (17.01.2022)

    On January 16, 2022, awards were announced for the categories of piano and composition. The SPK congratulates the winners. The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition for 2022 was held in the categories of piano and composition. The competition ended yesterday with a final concert co-pr

  4. Visitor numbers for museums in Germany during the first full COVID year, 2020 (17.12.2021)

    A total of around 33.6 million museum visitors was reported to the Institut für Museumsforschung of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for 2020. Digital activity increased significantly. The museums taking part in the survey reported a total of 33,550,296 visits during 2020. That is a good two thirds (

  5. Korean Cultural Center in Germany to support Museum für Asiatische Kunst (16.12.2021)

    The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz have signed an agreement that includes funding for a curator's position. The focus lies on research into the Korean collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The funds will go to

  6. Angry Gauguin, E. T. A. Hoffmann's musical automata, and the life of Schliemann: the SPK's hits of 2022 (13.12.2021)

    Despite many pandemic-related restrictions, 2021 was a year filled with highlights. And the SPK network has more must-sees lined up for 2022. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Following the (re)opening of major venues in 2021 – Neue Nationalgalerie, the collections in the Humboldt Forum – the exhibition p

  7. SPK mourns Adriaan von Müller (01.12.2021)

    The long-time director of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin passed away on November 28 at the age of 93. In the Cold War era, Adriaan von Müller, who was appointed director of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History) in 1

  8. Launch of online portal: Collections from Colonial Contexts (30.11.2021)

    Run by the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, the portal offers an initial content of around 8,000 entries for collection items that come from a colonial context. The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) has opened the online portal "Collections from Colonial Contexts" for public use at

  9. SPK mourns Norbert Zimmermann (29.11.2021)

    Former vice president of the SPK dies at the age of 75 Norbert Zimmermann, formerly vice president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), passed away last week in Berlin at the age of 75. Zimmermann worked for the Foundation for almost three decades, also

  10. Conference on the reassessment of colonial history (17.11.2021)

    In cooperation with the SPK and the Research Center for Material Culture of the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures, the German Lost Art Foundation is holding a digital conference on cultural assets from colonial contexts. The debate about returning cultural assets to former colonial areas is hi