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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-

A new museum is being born in Al-Minya, Egypt. Berlin is involved in the effort – SPK President Parzinger has signed a memorandum to that effect. The Ägyptische Museum und Papyrussammlung (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) is now

The two predella panels were originally part of the collection of Jewish businessman Harry Fuld Sr. In 1940 they were bought for the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Her

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

EUBAM: Working Group on European Matters for Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Historical Preservation EUBAM is an interministerial working group for European matters concerning libraries, archives, museums, and historical preservation. It addresses multidisciplinary questions about the approach to

Cooperation with Cultural Institutions The cooperation of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) with other cultural institutions primarily serves to make its extensive holdings available to a wide audience in Germany and abroad. It is exploring cross-discipli

Become a member of a circle of friends Almost all of the Foundation's institutions and collections have a circle of friends or support association. The oldest Friends' Association was founded back in 1897. By becoming a member of a friends' association, you can help the institutions to realise their

A section of wooden ceiling has now been mounted in the Domed Hall, where objects from the Silk Road region will be shown, part of the outstanding collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Chief restorer Toralf Gabsch explains the background. What is special a

Museum of 20th Century The Kulturforum is getting a new building: a museum of twentieth-century art. Along with the "Mies building", it will enable the Nationalgalerie to show its major collection of twentieth-century art in a coherent form at last. An architectural model of the Kulturforum shows th

Following the completion of provenance research on skulls from German East Africa, an extensive report on the pilot project has now been published. “We are prepared to restitute these remains immediately, and we are waiting for signals from the countries of origin,” says SPK President Hermann Parzin