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  1. Data privacy

    Data privacy It is important to the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz to handle your personal data responsibly and to make its use transparent. For this reason, the following sections explain how we use your data: who is responsible for the website under data protection law the form in which person

  2. Sponsoring and Cooperation

    Sponsoring and Cooperation We would be delighted if you as a company would like to get involved as a sponsor! You have the choice of becoming a partner of the entire foundation, a specific organisation, a collection, a field of activity or a project. Together with you, we will explore options that s

  3. Berlin State Library

    Berlin State Library Glimpses of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Multiteaser headline General reading room of the Staatsbibliothek building on Unter den Linden © SPK / Pierre Adenis Illustration from the Papilio Rumanzovia by Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz © SPK / Pierre Adenis General reading room of

  4. The SPK returns seven books to the descendants of Marc Bloch and Simonne Vidal (28.05.2026)

    Cultural property confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution: Three German cultural institutions return seven books to the descendants of Marc Bloch and Simonne Vidal – a ceremony was held at the French Embassy in Berlin At a formal ceremony held today at the French Embassy in Berlin, three German

  5. Results of provenance research on skulls from West Africa published – provenance research on nearly 600 skulls completed (22.04.2026)

    As part of a project launched in 2021, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History at the State Museums in Berlin has investigated the provenance of nearly 600 skulls from the former German colonies in West Africa, in collaboration with researchers from Togo and Cameroon. The findings of this project

  6. The Pergamon Museum is coming back! (04.05.2026)

    From 4 June 2027, all the buildings on Berlin’s Museum Island will finally be open. The Pergamon Altar, Islamic art and Babylonian highlights will then be on display once again. The Pergamon Museum, located on Berlin’s Museum Island – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – will reopen its doors to the publi

  7. The date is set – Pergamonmuseum returns on June 4, 2027! (04.05.2026)

    First day open to the public at the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin: June 4, 2027 – Pergamon Altar, Islamic Art Collection and highlights from Babylonia will be presented in new display – Group bookings availa-ble from 1st of July, 2026 The Pergamon Museum, located on Berlin’s Museum Island – a UNESCO Worl

  8. Creating opportunities together

    13.05.2026 Creating opportunities together Why the games industry and cultural heritage organisations are working together Article Much more than mindless gaming: as collectables, subjects of academic study and a medium for imparting knowledge, computer games have long been a focus of cultural herit

  9. Restitution of stolen books to the family of Marc Bloch (28.05.2026)

    Seven books from the library of the historian Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne Vidal, which were looted during the Nazi era, have been returned to their descendants in Berlin. At a formal ceremony held yesterday at the French Embassy in Berlin, three German cultural institutions presented seven books

  10. Antiquities return (15.07.2019)

    Dresden and Berlin antiquities collections discover pieces from each other's collections - foreign property exchanged In recent years, the clarification of war losses and objects held in the collections as foreign property has been the subject of research projects at the antiquities collections in B