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  1. Contact and Directions

    Contact and Directions Villa von der Heydt is the seat of the President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. The central administration assists the President in performing his duties . The President © SPK / Herlinde Koelbl Since 2008, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz has been headed by i

  2. Wartime Casualty Returns to the Antikensammlung (05.05.2020)

    A Greek vase thought to be lost has reappeared in Magdeburg. It belonged to the Antikensammlung before the war. From late May onward, it will once again be on show in the Altes Museum. The vase is around 30 cm tall with a white coating, the slip, on which the farewell of a warrior is depicted in onc

  3. Information on prevention measures for COVID-19 in SPK (10.03.2020)

    SPK is closely observing current developments concerning COVID-19 and has set up a crisis team for this purpose. Details on the handling in the individual museums, libraries and archives of SPK can be found on their websites. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is closely monitoring the dynami

  4. Board of the SPK on dealing with the Benin bronzes (24.03.2021)

    At its meeting on March 24, 2021, the Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considered, among other matters, the treatment of objects with colonial contexts in the collections. This included the issue of the Benin bronzes. The Foundation Board welcom

  5. Works from the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Skulpturensammlung restituted to Oppenheim heirs (22.01.2018)

    The SPK has worked successfully with the heirs to reach a good solution for Nazi-confiscated cultural property. Margarete Oppenheim (1857–1935) owned one of the largest art collections in Germany. A fair and just solution in accordance with the Washington Principles has been agreed for a total of el

  6. Multimedia archive for life stories of Jewish art-collectors (27.01.2022)

    The SPK and Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections) are launching a joint project in memory of those persecuted by the Nazis. The multimedia archive will record their lives and fates, revealing the personal stories behind restitution cases. The project will receive 6

  7. 2019 visitor numbers for museums in Germany (18.01.2021)

    Figures reported to the Institut für Museumsforschung at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin amount to around 111.6 million visits during 2019. This corresponds to the high levels of previous years. Some 5,000 museums and 350 exhibition venues took part in the comprehensive statistical survey in 2019. T

  8. Tribute to Furniture Designer Erich Dieckmann in Halle and Berlin (12.05.2021)

    SPK and SMB to partner the state of Saxony-Anhalt: retrospective on Bauhaus designer Erich Dieckmann to open in spring 2022, produced by the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in collaboration with the Art Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt and Burg Giebichenstein Uni

  9. Return of human remains to Hawai'i (07.02.2022)

    On February 11, 2022, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) will hand over 32 ancestral remains to a representative of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). The ancestral remains have been in the keeping of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin since 2011. A

  10. New Head of Department: Organization, Budget and Financial Services, and Internal Services (10.06.2020)

    The Department of Organization, Budget and Financial Services at the Central Administration of the SPK is getting a new head. Dirk Ueckert will take up the position on July 1, 2020. Born in 1971 in Schleswig-Holstein, he has a wide range of knowledge and experience in the areas of work concerned. Ue