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Media, Communications, and Events This department is in charge of the SPK's Public Relations, Media activities, marketing, and events. The department attends to topics concerning all of the foundation's individual institutions and related to cultural policy. Ingolf Kern Head of Media and Communicati

The two predella panels were originally part of the collection of Jewish businessman Harry Fuld Sr. In 1940 they were bought for the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Her

A foundation-wide task force has developed a vision for an SPK that acts sustainably in ecological, social, and economic respects. It has appointed sustainability officers, who will take up their duties on 1 October. This year it has become abundantly clear – not least due to devastating floods, wid

The Foundation’s Separate Publications In addition to the regular publications like the yearbook and SPK Magazine, the President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz regularly publishes thematic and collection-based studies. They can be purchased from the Webshop and in the museum shops of the

Dahlem When Germany was still divided, many of the museums in West Berlin were located in Dahlem. After reunification, a large number of collections were transferred to Mitte. In 2021 approximately 24,000 objects from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst moved to the Humbold

The SPK and Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections) are launching a joint project in memory of those persecuted by the Nazis. The multimedia archive will record their lives and fates, revealing the personal stories behind restitution cases. The project will receive 6

museum4punkt0 is the name of a recently launched, cross-institutional “ideas laboratory“ for digital applications in museums. We spoke about it with Markus Hilgert, manager of the project and director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. What are your expectations of t

Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik The SPK and the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin work together in the areas of conservation, research, storage, and presentation of cultural heritage. It takes the form of both joint projects and teaching. The students of restoration at the HTW in Be

SPK is closely observing current developments concerning COVID-19 and has set up a crisis team for this purpose. Details on the handling in the individual museums, libraries and archives of SPK can be found on their websites. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is closely monitoring the dynami

Events Within the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) there are numerous events daily. All cross-institutional events and public events which are initiated by the president or in which the president is taking part are listed here. All other events are listed on