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On October 7, the time had come at last: the new research campus in Dahlem opened its doors to the public for the first time and offered a preview of the future shape of the well-known museum ensemble. For two years now, a group of seven SPK institutions has been examining the question of how resear

Vaccines save lives – and culture. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will be offering vaccinations at the Kulturforum museum foyer from January 20 to 23, 2022. The SPK will be partnering with Aino Betriebsmedizin GmbH to host a four-day pop-up vaccination center at the Kulturforum (Matthäikirchplatz).

Of the objects that are now on permanent display at the Humboldt Forum, one of the most impressive is the cotton cloth known as Lienzo Seler II (Coixtlahuaca II). Of the objects that are now on permanent display at the Humboldt Forum, one of the most impressive is the cotton cloth known as Lienzo Se

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz comments on the purchase of Hamburger Bahnhof and the neighboring Rieckhallen buildings by the German federal and Berlin state governments. “What wonderful news, a real triumph of cultural policy! The fact that the federal govern

Remembrance ceremony at the Neue Nationalgalerie for Heiner Pietzsch, an eminent patron of the arts On October 17, the Berlin cultural scene bid farewell to the great arts patron Heiner Pietzsch in a moving ceremony of remembrance at the Neue Nationalgalerie. The event was hosted by Ulla Pietzsch an

Making Spaces Making Spaces: A Programming Series in Solidarity with Ukraine is a series of cross-institutional events of the SPK (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin). Throughout the series’ formats Talking Spaces, Performing Spaces

The SPK has returned a 16th-century sculpture of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus to the heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt. On January 20, the SPK returned a 16th-century statuette of a nursing Madonna to the heirs of the Jewish banker and businessman Jakob Goldschmidt. The work was acquired in 193

King of the Cameroonian Nso' people saw the Ngonnso' statue at the Humboldt Forum for the first time on November 12, 2022. It was a long-awaited, a well-nigh historic trip for Fon Sehm Mbinglo I. On Saturday, November 12, for the first time since he ascended the throne more than 30 years ago, the ki

The sculpture "Ruhende Frau", by Fritz Huf, was restored to the heir of Hans (Jean) Fürstenberg and then purchased by the SPSG for the park at Schloss Schönhausen. On April 5, 2022, the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin) will t

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