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Current Figures Detail einer Buchungsmaschine, historische Aufnahme aus dem Bestand der bpk-Bildagentur für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte © bpk CC NC-BY-SA 2025 Budget The budget of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is divided into an operating budget and a capital budget. The budget for 2025

National Museums in Berlin Glimpses of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Multiteaser headline Bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti © SPK / Pierre Adenis The Menzel Room of the Alte Nationalgalerie © SPK / Pierre Adenis Storage facility for the collection of classical antiquities in the Archäologisches

State Institute for Music Research Glimpses of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Multiteaser headline School tour in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum © SPK / Pierre Adenis Aeolian player piano rolls © SPK / Pierre Adenis Folding travel harpsichord from the collection of Queen Sophie Charlotte

Equality and equal opportunities Equality and equal opportunity are essential prerequisites for an open, democratic, and sustainable cultural institution. As Germany’s largest cultural network, comprising museums, libraries, archives, and research institutes, we view diversity not only as a social r

Wartime Losses of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Second World War resulted in great losses to the Prussian collections. Much was destroyed. Many of the holdings that had been displaced for their protection did not return to the collections, for various reasons. The Second World War left

Digital Manifesto The transformation of society by digital technologies, media and practices is accompanied by changing expectations towards cultural and scientific institutions such as the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation). The SPK is already pursuing a new

Visitor, User, and Inventory Figures for 2020 The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz regularly publishes up-to-date figures on visitors, users, and holdings at its institutions. This overview provides insights into the development of the museums, libraries, and archives, as well as into the use of th

Around twenty posters advertising sporting events in Mexico offer a glimpse into the colorful visual world of the 1940s and 1950s. The collection forms part of the IAI’s Special Collections. With the 2026 men’s Football World Cup, which will be hosted jointly by Mexico, the United States, and Canada

Donations and Indefinite Loans The SPK’s budget allocation for acquisitions is modest. Thanks to donations and indefinite loans from private collectors or public institutions, the public can see masterpieces and unique objects not contained in the historical collections. © SPK/Thomas Trutschel/photo

SPK Magazine 2/2015: Go on, Cross the Border! The new issue of SPK Magazine reports on the reunification of the Berlin collections 25 years ago. It tells the stories of those who were there – people from the East and the West, from restorer to museum director. Issue no. 8 (2016), cover feature: 25 y