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  1. SPK supports Europe-wide import regulation for cultural property from non-EU countries - Parzinger: Important instrument against illegal trade (18.01.2017)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation welcomes the European Commission's procedure to create an EU-wide import regulation from non-EU countries. Foundation President Hermann Parzinger explains: "The SPK supports such a further instrument for the sustainable prevention of trade in illegal cultura

  2. SPK restitutes Lovis Corinth painting from the Littmann Collection - Donation to the Alte Nationalgalerie (27.01.2026)

    The SPK has restituted the painting "Eleonore von Wilke" by Lovis Corinth from the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie to the heirs of Ismar and Käthe Littmann. They subsequently donated it to the museum, where it will continue to be on display following the Corinth exhibition. Ismar Littmann (18

  3. BMFTR Approves Final Phase of the International Centre for Advanced Studies MECILA (19.03.2026)

    Since 2017, Mecila, the Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America has been conducting research with funding from the Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR). The project, involving institutions from Germany, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, will no

  4. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Deutsche Welle finalise media partnership (21.12.2006)

    Deutsche Welle and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation have agreed to work more closely together as partners in the future. All three pillars of Deutsche Welle - DW-TV, DW-WORLD and DW-RADIO - will be increasingly focussing on outstanding events in the context of current affairs reporting, par

  5. Hermann Parzinger receives the Reuchlin Prize 2011 (17.03.2011)

    The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, receives the 2011 Reuchlin Prize, which has been awarded every two years since 1955 for outstanding German-language achievements in the humanities. The Reuchlin Prize has been awarded every two years since 1955 by the cit

  6. Collector Egidio Marzona donates books, editions and posters to the art library for "Encyclopaedia of Art of the 60s and 70s" (14.10.2016)

    Once again, the collector Egidio Marzona has surprised the Art Library of the National Museums in Berlin with a major donation. The 115 books and editions, 141 posters and around 1,000 invitation cards are an excellent addition to the Marzona Collection, which was acquired in 2002. Even then, Marzon

  7. Research into the provenance of a historical collection of human remains from West Africa begins at SPK (14.09.2021)

    The federal government is funding a three-year research project on human remains from West Africa at the Museum of Prehistory and Early History The collections of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the National Museums in Berlin include 477 human skulls that were brought to Germany from W

  8. Winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2026 honoured (12.01.2026)

    The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2026 came to an end on Sunday evening with a resounding final concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin. This year, prizes were awarded in the subjects of piano and chamber music with wind instruments - a category that was reintroduced after a long brea

  9. Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte

    Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte Since February 2018, the SPK has been co-editor of the renowned "Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte". The quarterly issues, published by C.H. Beck Verlag, are devoted to current discourse in the humanities in an original and multi-layered way. The Zeitschrift für Ideenge

  10. Ceremonial event "Loss and Restitution" on 30 October 2008, speech by Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and spokesman for the "German-Russian Museum Dialogue" (30.10.2008)

    - The spoken word prevails - Salutations, In the long shared history of Germany and Russia, the past 20th century was undoubtedly a special one with very dark but also brighter days. There was unimaginable suffering and inconceivable crimes that emanated from German soil and were committed in German