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  1. Stricter protective measures on SPK premises (06.12.2021)

    To combat the COVID pandemic, stricter protective measures have been introduced on SPK premises: 2G, FFP2 mask and (in some cases) prior registration Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 2G for the museums : entry to the museums (incl. participation in guided tours, workshops and other events inside the muse

  2. SPK invites minister presidents to the newly refurbished Neue Nationalgalerie (25.06.2021)

    SPK President Hermann Parzinger took the visit as an opportunity to thank the federal states for their commitment to the work of the Foundation. At the invitation of Governing Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller and President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundatio

  3. Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung

    Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung As part of the collaboration with the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, objects of art and cultural assets from the holdings of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz are studied scientifically. The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung

  4. 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

  5. Kulturforum: start of construction work on the National Gallery's Museum of the 20th Century (18.11.2020)

    Work on the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum is now starting on site. The building for the National Museums in Berlin is designed by the celebrated Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Text A number of measures are needed to prepare the area at the Kulturforum for construction work. The

  6. Position Paper of the International Participants of the Symposium Held Prior to the Opening of the East Wing of the Humboldt Forum (20.09.2022)

    During a three-day symposium held from September 12–14, approximately 80 international partners of the Humboldt Forum from Africa, America, Asia and Oceania developed their views on the prospects for long-term, sustainable cooperation with the Forum. In a statement titled “Dignity – Continuity – Tra

  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. Drawing by Hackert restituted from the Kupferstichkabinett (30.04.2019)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin bought the ink wash drawing "Auf Hiddensee" in 1939. Its previous owner had to sell it when he was being persecuted by the Nazi regime. Yesterday, a descendant of Friedrich Emil Guttsmann (1888-1959) came to Berlin to receive the drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett (Mu

  9. Next phase of exemplary partnership between SPK and Museums Association of Namibia starts (24.05.2022)

    Objects travel from Berlin to Namibia – long-term, collaborative research process with cultural heritage communities, artists and scientists 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will travel to Namibia on May 27 as part of the collaborative re

  10. Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vol. 51 / 2015

    Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vol. 51 / 2015 Among the topics covered in the 51st issue are the challenges posed to museums by the current debate on immigration and closed borders, the Foundation's contribution to protecting cultural heritage, and the way ahead for the German-Russian Museum di