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  1. Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vol. 51 / 2015

    Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vol. 51 / 2015 Among the topics covered in the 51st issue are the challenges posed to museums by the current debate on immigration and closed borders, the Foundation's contribution to protecting cultural heritage, and the way ahead for the German-Russian Museum di

  2. UNESCO World Heritage

    UNESCO World Heritage The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) possesses great treasures of the intellectual and artistic production of humankind. Several of them have been declared UNESCO World Heritage. The historical ensemble was declared a UNESCO World Herit

  3. German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) for Museum Professionals, 2017–2019

    German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) for Museum Professionals, 2017–2019 The German/American exchange program PREP was set up jointly by the SPK and the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose was to create a strategic network of provenance researchers in museums in both countrie

  4. Drawing by Hackert restituted from the Kupferstichkabinett (30.04.2019)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin bought the ink wash drawing "Auf Hiddensee" in 1939. Its previous owner had to sell it when he was being persecuted by the Nazi regime. Yesterday, a descendant of Friedrich Emil Guttsmann (1888-1959) came to Berlin to receive the drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett (Mu

  5. Kulturforum: start of construction work on the National Gallery's Museum of the 20th Century (18.11.2020)

    Work on the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum is now starting on site. The building for the National Museums in Berlin is designed by the celebrated Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Text A number of measures are needed to prepare the area at the Kulturforum for construction work. The

  6. Kunst, Raub und Rückgabe

    Kunst, Raub und Rückgabe Das Erinnerungsprojekt „Kunst, Raub und Rückgabe – Vergessene Lebensgeschichten“ erzählt von verlorener Kunst und von Juden und Jüdinnen, die einst das Kulturleben Deutschlands entscheidend geprägt haben, die aber von den Nationalsozialisten verfemt, entrechtet, verfolgt, au

  7. A wooden ceiling that seems to float (23.02.2021)

    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

  8. Acquisitions and Donations

    Acquisitions and Donations Acquisitions, indefinite loans, and donations enrich the holdings of the Foundation. All of the collections are continually supplemented in this way. The SPK ensures that the provenance of every new object is clarified. Eine der wichtigsten Schenkungen: Die Büste der Nofre

  9. SPK mourns Adriaan von Müller (01.12.2021)

    The long-time director of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin passed away on November 28 at the age of 93. In the Cold War era, Adriaan von Müller, who was appointed director of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History) in 1

  10. Project launched to investigate the origin of human skulls (02.08.2017)

    For the next two years, the SPK is studying the exact origin of about a thousand skulls from the former colony of German East Africa. The Gerda Henkel Foundation is funding the project. Since 2011, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History) of the Staatliche Muse