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  1. Restitution of Nazi-looted art: SPK returns Pissarro painting (18.10.2021)

    Une Place à la Roche-Guyon by Camille Pissarro is returned to the Dorville heirs and purchased for the Alte Nationalgalerie The SPK has returned Une Place à la Roche-Guyon by Camille Pissarro to the heirs of Armand Dorville and bought it back from them for the Alte Nationalgalerie. Today, the repres

  2. Benin Bronzes: a further important step toward restitution and strengthening cultural cooperation (14.10.2021)

    Memorandum of Understanding signed: return of Benin bronzes from German museums embedded in broad-based cooperation in the areas of museum practice, new museum construction, and archaeology In addition to German museums returning objects from the historic Kingdom of Benin to Nigeria, collaboration b

  3. Tina Brüderlin to head the Ethnologisches Museum (13.10.2021)

    The Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, comprising two sites at the Humboldt Forum and in Dahlem, will get a new director in January. The new director of the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) will be Tina

  4. President Mattarella of Italy visits the Museumsinsel (13.10.2021)

    Last stop of the state visit to Germany took in the Pergamon Museum and the Neues Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Mattarella delighted Yesterday afternoon the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, visited the Pergamon Museum and the Neues Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Natio

  5. In memoriam Peter Hofmann (13.09.2021)

    It is with deep sorrow that the SPK announces the death of its former Vice President at the age of 89. Peter Hofmann, former Vice President of the SPK, died in Berlin at the end of August. He was 89 years old. Hofmann worked for the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foun

  6. James Simon Gallery wins 2021 RIBA International Award for Excellence (23.07.2021)

    The central reception building of Berlin's Museumsinsel, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, receives one of sixteen RIBA International Awards for Excellence in 2021 The James Simon Gallery on the Museumsinsel in Berlin, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, has won an RIBA International

  7. In memoriam June Newton (12.04.2021)

    Photo artist June Newton passed away in Monte Carlo on April 9, 2021. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz mourns the loss of a good friend and reliable partner. It was with great dismay and deep sorrow that the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), learned of

  8. SPK reform commission discusses decentralized organizational structures (04.02.2021)

    SPK President Parzinger: "This was a good day for our work on reform." At its meeting yesterday, the reform commission of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) addressed the situation of the state museums, in particular their internal organizational structure

  9. Gerhard Richter: over a hundred works coming to Berlin (15.03.2021)

    Gerhard Richter, one of the most influential artists of our time, is providing the Nationalgalerie (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) with a diverse group of more than a hundred works for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts at the Kulturforum. The main work involved in this long-term partnership is the four-

  10. Disputed heritage, shared responsibility (08.12.2020)

    Working with collections: the Freie Universität Berlin and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz enter into a strategic partnership. This is of crucial importance to the Dahlem Research Campus. Multimedia collections lie at the focus of the strategic partnership between the Freie Universität Berlin