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  1. Kokoschka "Pariser Platz in Berlin": Joint press release by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Commission for Looted Art in Europe (29.04.2014)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Commission for Looted Art in Europe are working together to clarify the provenance of Oskar Kokoschka's painting "Pariser Platz in Berlin". The Commission represents the family of Anna Caspari, a respected art dealer in Munich, who was deported from

  2. Integration of refugees: The museums of the SPK say thank you! (10.01.2017)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its museums are taking part in the "Berlin Says Thank You!" campaign day in recognition of the voluntary commitment of Berliners in helping refugees: the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum and the Musical Instrument Museum are offering free admission and f

  3. 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

  4. Temple and barn: The new SPK magazine is dedicated to the future of the Berlin Cultural Forum (30.06.2021)

    To coincide with the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin on 21 August and the progress of construction work on the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, a booklet is being published that explores the possibilities of the Quarter of Art, Literature, Music and Science Berli

  5. Museum of Prehistory and Early History receives "finds" from the ruins of the former Museum of Decorative Arts (today: Martin-Gropius-Bau) in Stresemannstraße (11.04.2022)

    The West Berlin painter Peter Grämer had dug through the ruins in the 1960s - his widow Christine Weber has now handed over 1500 objects, mainly ceramics, but also bronze, iron and stone. The Martin-Gropius-Bau, which is so well-known in Berlin today and was long used as a museum of arts and crafts,

  6. Federal and state governments conclude new funding agreement for the SPK / Parzinger: Historic step and important signal for the reform process (03.01.2025)

    Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Minister Presidents of the federal states have agreed on a new funding agreement for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) by circular resolution. According to the agreement, the federal and state governments will increase their annual contributions t

  7. Acquisition of the century for the Berlin State Library: Alexander von Humboldt's American travel diaries (04.03.2014)

    With today's ceremony, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is celebrating the arrival of Alexander von Humboldt's American Travel Diaries at the Berlin State Library in the presence of Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin, Monika Grütters, Minister of State for Culture, and Johanna Wanka,

  8. 42 finalists for the competition to realise the Museum of the 20th Century at Berlin's Kulturforum (16.06.2016)

    Competition documents to be sent out soon - Grütters: Design must be convincing in terms of urban planning and function - Parzinger: A lot of creativity and expertise for art - Submissions in mid-September The realisation competition for the planned Museum of the 20th Century of the National Gallery

  9. Sample Procedure German Digital Library (11.03.2021)

    European Court of Justice rules on framing technology Yesterday morning, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgement in preliminary ruling proceedings (case no.: C-392/19), which were initiated in 2019 by the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (case no.: I ZR 113/18). In the case, th

  10. Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and partners present a new model of international co-curation and collaboration (01.12.2023)

    For the first time, the Indian public can experience the great artistic achievements of the ancient Mediterranean alongside the country's own cultural treasures. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) - "a museum of ideas" in Mumbai - is presenting ancient sculptures to mark 75 y