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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  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. 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

  6. President and Vice President

    President and Vice President The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz is arthistorian Dr. Marion Ackermann. It has had four other presidents before her. Gero Dimter took up the office of vice president in 2019. The fifth president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cu

  7. Generous Donation: Two Ruble Gold Coin Completes Set (14.11.2017)

    Vladimir Matveyev's gift to the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is valuable in more than one way: the two-ruble gold coin of Catherine the Great completes the set of coins from her reign. The permanent exhibition at the Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (

  8. 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

  9. 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

  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