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Works of art in Berlin's vaccination centers: large posters featuring objects from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin create a positive atmosphere. Since the beginning of June, large posters with art works from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin – Pr

On June 29, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the SPK filled an important management position at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. As the successor of Michael Eissenhauer as director of the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings), they selected Dr. Dagmar Hirschfelder, who currently heads the paintings an

To combat the COVID pandemic, stricter protective measures have been introduced on SPK premises: 2G, FFP2 mask and (in some cases) prior registration Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 2G for the museums : entry to the museums (incl. participation in guided tours, workshops and other events inside the muse

In cooperation with the SPK and the Research Center for Material Culture of the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures, the German Lost Art Foundation is holding a digital conference on cultural assets from colonial contexts. The debate about returning cultural assets to former colonial areas is hi

A Greek vase thought to be lost has reappeared in Magdeburg. It belonged to the Antikensammlung before the war. From late May onward, it will once again be on show in the Altes Museum. The vase is around 30 cm tall with a white coating, the slip, on which the farewell of a warrior is depicted in onc

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) took part in a visit to Nigeria organized by the German Foreign Office from May 17 to 21. He made the following statement on the discussions held there concerning the Benin Bronzes: "Our st

SPK Foundation Board appoints Dagmar Hirschfelder as the successor of Michael Eissenhauer as director of the Gemäldegalerie SPK Foundation Board decided on June 29, 2021: Dr. Dagmar Hirschfelder, who currently heads the paintings and graphics department of the Kurpfälzisches Museum in Heidelberg, wi

The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung and the Musikinstrumenten-Museum are breaking new ground in outreach – Conny Restle and Thomas Ertelt talk to us about sonorous objects, Beethoven the freelancer, and the parking lot. The digital museum guide at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum (Museum of Music

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

It has taken three separate shipments to bring the original wall paintings from Dahlem to the Humboldt Forum, where over the next few months they will be brought together in a partial reconstruction of the Cave of the Sixteen Sword Bearers – the first time that they can be seen as a unified composit