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Institut für Museumsforschung (Institute for Museum Research) The institute is a research and documentation institute active throughout Germany on various museum issues. It represents the concerns of the Foundation and the German federal state governments within a European framework. The activities

Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek gives its users access to Germany’s cultural and intellectual heritage and encompasses books, music, works of art, films, photographs, documents, manuscripts and much more. Panorama Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Th

The Coordination Office for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage (KEK) The substance of written cultural heritage is often endangered. The Koordinierungsstelle promotes their preservation and networks archives, libraries and museums nationwide. A restoration project funded by the Koordinier

Income, Donations, and Third-Party Funding in 2020 The Foundation brings in its own revenue by offering diverse services to its visitors and users. It also applies to third parties for funding for research projects, new acquisitions, exhibitions, and other projects. Income The Stiftung Preussischer

The 2021 Budget The budget of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz is divided into an operating budget and a construction budget. The budget plan for 2021 includes total expenditures of around 368,95 million euros. At the end of each year, the Foundation Board establishes the budget of the Stiftun

Sponsorship and Financing The federal government and all the states finance the Foundation and also work together on its committees. Together they care for the holdings and the development of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. The federal structure of the Foundation underscores the importance o

UNESCO World Heritage The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) possesses great treasures of the intellectual and artistic production of humankind. Several of them have been declared UNESCO World Heritage. The historical ensemble was declared a UNESCO World Herit

Prussian Cultural Heritage The origins of the vast majority of the museum, library, and archival holdings that have been brought together within the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) long predate its founding. Their diversity and their continuing importance w

History of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) was founded in the Federal Republic of German in 1957. The background was the final dissolution of the State of Prussia ten years earlier. The issue of the ownership of it

Publications The Foundation and its institutions publish around a hundred books and other print products annually. The spectrum of publications also includes CD series and online editions of specific holdings. Our exhibition catalogs, museum guides and children’s books, most of which are lavishly il