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  1. Professor Axel Marx and his family donate important works by the artist Joseph Beuys from the Erich Marx Collection to SPK (08.09.2022)

    Donation contract signed - Axel Marx: Our family remains connected to the art city of Berlin - Hermann Parzinger: Overwhelming gesture from the family The family of the well-known Berlin collector Erich Marx, who died two years ago, has donated the entire holdings of works by the artist Joseph Beuys

  2. SPK restitutes three works from the Littmann Collection (15.02.2023)

    Three works from the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen restituted, one of which remains in the museum as a gift from descendants On Wednesday, 15 February 2023, the SPK restituted three works from the Neue Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to the heirs of the lawyer Ismar Lit

  3. SPK restitutes statuette of a Maria Lactans to the heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt (24.01.2023)

    On Friday 20 January, the SPK returned a statuette of a 16th century Maria Lactans (Nursing Mother of God) to the heirs of the Jewish banker and entrepreneur Jakob Goldschmidt. The work had been acquired in 1936 for the sculpture collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (then: Königliche Museen

  4. Restrictions on Europe's cultural heritage institutions overcome by EU biocide regulation - SPK achieves national re-legalisation of in-situ-generated nitrogen to combat pest infestations (24.08.2023)

    Insects threaten precious cultural assets worldwide. Since the publication of "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson in 1962, which documented the detrimental effects of pesticide use on the environment, more sustainable pest control technologies have been researched and developed. In recent decades, more

  5. Exemplary partnership between SPK and Museums Association of Namibia enters next phase (23.05.2022)

    Objects travelling from Berlin to Namibia - long-term, collaborative research process with cultural heritage communities, artists and scientists 23 objects from the collection of the Ethnologisches Museum der Staatli-chen Museen zu Berlin will travel to Namibia on 27 May 2022 as part of the partners

  6. How do we build the future?" Annual report 2021 describes the internal change at SPK (30.06.2022)

    The 2021 Annual Report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has just been published. SPK President Hermann Parzinger writes in the editorial that the past twelve months have been characterised above all by "a longing for normality". Despite the pandemic-related impositions, many visitors onc

  7. SPK returns antique vases to Italy and receives long-term loans (13.06.2024)

    Closing date: 13.06.2024, 2.30 pm SPK restitutes 25 objects from the Collection of Classical Antiquities with dubious provenance to Italy - Contract signed with Minister of State for Culture Roth and Italian Minister of Culture Sangiuliano in Berlin - Parzinger: Restitution agreement intensifies coo

  8. Priorities of the SPK in 2025 (13.03.2025)

    Annual reception at the James-Simon-Galerie - Parzinger: New funding agreement is recognition of reform - Outstanding visitor balance 2024 - Attractive exhibition programme this year - Expansion of international collaborations Over 200 guests from politics, culture, science, business, tourism and so

  9. New funding agreement signed for the SPK at the Bode Museum by the federal and state governments (12.03.2025)

    Roth: Clear commitment from the federal and state governments / Parzinger: Great day for the Foundation - money will flow into quality improvements in the centres Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the heads of government of the federal states signed the new financing agreement for the Prussian Cult

  10. Welfenschatz: SPK once again agrees to proceedings before the Advisory Commission (03.03.2025)

    SPK agrees to proceedings before Advisory Commission despite unresolved issues - goal must be a solution for all potential beneficiaries The Guelph Treasure has been the subject of various restitution claims since 2008. In 2014, following a thorough examination, the Advisory Commission recommended t