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  1. Continuation of the collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and SPK in the field of provenance research (20.02.2025)

    Creating structures for a young field of research - sharing knowledge worldwide. Collaboration, innovation and sustainability are at the centre of the renewed partnership for provenance research on Asian art The National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institut

  2. Glamorous donation – Kunstgewerbemuseum receives a feather cap by fashion designer Anna Düll (22.10.2020)

    A few weeks ago, the Kunstgewerbemuseum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin was given a valuable feather cap made by the milliner Anna Düll of Heidelberg. It is only a few months since Katrin Lindemann took up her new post as the curator of fashion and textiles at the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of De

  3. The Simons – A Journey of Discovery (23.02.2016)

    One of the Foundation’s greatest patrons was James Simon. His great-granddaughter, an award-winning American filmmaker, wants to learn more, and to tell her family's forgotten history in a documentary. Chris Simon is a little surprised. Almost everyone in Berlin seems to know more about her great-gr

  4. Events

    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

  5. The Museum Berggruen is becoming more active, more diverse and more independent / The Berggruen family will support the Museum Berggruen with one million euros a year from 2025 (10.09.2021)

    The Museum Berggruen of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, which belongs to the SPK, will significantly expand its programme work and gain greater independence for this purpose. In order to make this possible, the Berggruen family will support the museum with one million euros a year once the refurbis

  6. New director for the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts (08.12.2009)

    At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation unanimously appointed Dr Sabine Thümmler as the future Director of the Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin. She will succeed Dr Angela Schönberger, who is retiring at the end of February

  7. Philipp Demandt becomes new director of the Alte Nationalgalerie (11.10.2011)

    The art historian Philipp Demandt will take over as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz on 2 January 2012. Philipp Demandt, born in 1971, studied art history, classical archaeology and journalism and completed his doctorate in 2001 at th

  8. Contact and Directions

    Contact and Directions Villa von der Heydt is the seat of the President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. The Central Service Unit (ZSE) supports the President in her duties. The President Since 2008, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz has been headed by its current President, Prof. Dr.

  9. Iron Age exhibition opens in St Petersburg with objects from Berlin (10.11.2020)

    Some 1600 objects illustrate developments in the first millennium B.C. Almost half of them once belonged to the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, but owing to the war are now in Russian museums. The exhibition "Iron Age – Europe Without Borders" can be seen from November 11, 2020 to February 28, 2

  10. Restrictions due to maintenance work (28.05.2024)

    June 5 to 9, 2024: Due to maintenance work, the IT accessibility of the SPK is severely restricted, individual areas of the facilities will remain closed during this time From Wednesday, June 5, up to and including Sunday, June 9, 2024, some websites of the SPK and its institutions will be unavailab