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  1. Alte Nationalgalerie: Ralph Gleis Remains in Charge (28.06.2022)

    Foundation Board decides that Ralph Gleis will stay on as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie Ralph Gleis will continue to serve as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin). He was confirmed in that position on Monday by the Stiftungsrat d

  2. museum4punkt0: Developing and Sharing Digital Outreach Applications (24.06.2022)

    Twenty-seven projects organized by a variety of museums throughout Germany demonstrate the range of possibilities for digital cultural outreach At a show of work in progress held today in Berlin, institutions participating in the digital outreach project museum4punkt0 presented an overview of the ap

  3. Lost Work by Eduard Gaertner Returns to Kupferstichkabinett (24.03.2022)

    Work by Eduard Gaertner back in the Kupferstichkabinett: Believed lost in wartime, but recognized at auction; donated to the museum by its prospective seller. Eduard Gaertner’s Der Leipziger Platz in Berlin (1862) has recently been returned to the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings).

  4. Cooperation with Angola: More Transparency for Collections from Colonial Contexts (17.05.2022)

    Ceremony in Luanda celebrates opening of restoration department and handover of collection inventories from Berlin At a ceremony on May 17, 2022, the Angolan branch of the Goethe Institute presented the Angolan Ministry of Culture with a translation of the entire inventory, comprising several volume

  5. New Perspective, New Faces at the SPK (28.04.2022)

    At its annual reception in 2022 at the James-Simon-Galerie, the Foundation introduced several new faces and its plans for the future. On April 27, 2022, the SPK held its annual reception. The event took place in James-Simon-Galerie, where member institutions shared a glimpse of this year's activitie

  6. Restitution of Fritz Huf’s Sculpture by the SPK (28.03.2022)

    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

  7. First German Return of "Benin Bronzes" (01.07.2022)

    Commemorative head and relief plaque from the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin The collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin currently include more than 500 objects from the former Kingdom of Benin, which forms part of present-day Nigeria. In 1897,

  8. Returns to Namibia and Tanzania: Foundation Board clears the way (27.06.2022)

    23 objects of the Ethnological Museum are to remain permanently in Namibia - agreement on returns to Tanzania also possible 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin can remain permanently in Namibia. The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural He

  9. Ngonnso’: Foundation Board clears the way for the return to Cameroon (27.06.2022)

    At its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation authorized SPK’s president Hermann Parzinger to conclude an agreement with the relevant authorities in Cameroon on the return of the so-called Ngonnso'. The female figure known as Ngonnso' originates from the his

  10. Open Science

    Open Science SPK promotes cultural change in scientific working methods and communication. For greater transparency and quality in science and for broader participation. In November 2013, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) added its signature to the Berlin