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  1. Opportunity or burden? Reform of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (06.12.2023)

    Dossier on the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published by Politik & Kultur What does the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation do? And above all, what makes it special? Who and what belongs to it? Who wants to have a say in its future organisation? What is its history? Is the necessary trans

  2. Topping-out ceremony for the Lindenkuppel of the Berlin State Library (10.07.2013)

    Today, the construction companies working at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin's Unter den Linden site, together with the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, the Director General of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Barbara Schneider-Kempf, and the President of the

  3. Leni Riefenstahl's estate: research results, digitisation and exhibition (29.01.2026)

    The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz has been cataloguing and researching Leni Riefenstahl's extensive estate for several years. Initial results from sub-projects are now available online; from 22 May 2026, the examination of the estate will also be visible in an exhibition at the Museum für Fotogr

  4. Indigenous representatives of the Kamayurá (Brazil) visit the IAI (04.04.2025)

    As part of the “Arquivo Kamayurá” project, representatives of the Kamayurá culture visited and documented ethnographic-historical objects of the Kamayurá culture in European museums and also visited the IAI. On March 10, 2025, Kanawayuri Marcello Kamayurá and Auakamu Kamayurá visited the Ibero-Ameri

  5. Vice President Norbert Zimmermann retires after 27 years of service at the SPK (29.07.2011)

    Norbert Zimmermann, who has held the office of Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) since 1997, retired today. Hermann Parzinger, the President of the Foundation, honoured him with the words: "An era is coming to an end for the SPK. Norbert Zimmermann has had a decisive

  6. New image brochure of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published (30.01.2019)

    Secrets, conversations and walks through the SPK cosmos - Celebrities such as Bibiana Beglau, Tim Raue and Robin Ticciati guide us through their favourite pieces - Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz supports the publication designed by BUREAU Mario Lombardo The new image brochure "Once around the w

  7. Gender policies in regional integration processes: Students from Colombia as guests at the IAI (10.07.2025)

    On July 1, a group of students from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, visited the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI). As part of a DAAD-supported stay in Germany, they learned about the scientific activities of the IAI. The students received information on the IAI's diverse

  8. 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

  9. Concrete steps agreed for the reform of the SPK - Parzinger on today's decision by the Foundation Board: "The SPK of the future will be different. Today's decision by the SPK Foundation Board marks a milestone." (29.06.2021)

    Based on the recommendations of the SPK Reform Commission, the SPK Foundation Board today adopted the key points of the structural reform. The autonomy of the museums, libraries, archives and research institutions belonging to the SPK is to be significantly strengthened. At the same time, they are t

  10. SPK and Bavarian State Painting Collections launch joint project to commemorate the fate of Jews (27.01.2022)

    Multimedia archive planned to commemorate victims of Nazi persecution - life stories behind restitution cases - BKM provides 690,000 euros in funding In a three-year project, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation with its National Museums in Berlin and the Bavarian State Painting Collections wil