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  1. Third issue of the SPK magazine shows the "SPK in motion" (04.07.2011)

    The SPK magazine was published for the third time at the beginning of July 2011. After focussing on "Discover" and "Future", the current issue focuses on "Movement". Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, emphasises: "There is a lot going on at the Prussian Cultur

  2. Annual press conference 2015 (28.01.2015)

    At its annual press conference today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation provided information about its plans for the coming year. Together with the directors of the five institutions, Hermann Parzinger took stock of 2014 and provided information on new projects, developments and exhibitions.

  3. Statement by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation on the "Open Letter: We demand free access to museum inventories of African artefacts in Germany!" (17.10.2019)

    Anyone who takes an unbiased look at the work of museums in Germany knows that they go to great lengths to disclose their collections and create transparency. The debate about object biographies of African collections is not a new topic for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. On the contrary:

  4. SPK reform commission wants to strengthen personal responsibility (11.03.2021)

    At its meeting yesterday, the Reform Commission of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) discussed the situation at the Berlin State Library (SBB), the Ibero-American Institute (IAI) and the Secret State Archives (GStA) in detail. The discussions centred on the question of how the autonomy

  5. Nazi-looted art: SPK restitutes five works from the Gemäldegalerie (21.10.2024)

    Fair and equitable solution: SPK restitutes five works to the heirs of the owners of the Matthiesen Gallery - one work remains in the Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin In 1935, Dresdner Bank sold around 4,400 works of art to the Prussian state, which handed them over to the museums. Si

  6. American Independence Day – SPK programme highlight (29.06.2026)

    Press invitation: ‘We the People’ – a programme initiative to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence 4 July 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. To mark this occasion, the institutions of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritag

  7. Nationalgalerie receives objects from the Schinkel estate back (28.11.2006)

    Some of the personal belongings of the architect and painter Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), which went missing during the turmoil of the Second World War, were returned to the Nationalgalerie Berlin yesterday. The handover took place in San Francisco. The father of the previous owner, who has

  8. Hermann Parzinger honours Hermann Simon: A formative museum man goes into retirement (27.08.2015)

    Director of the New Synagogue Berlin Foundation - Centrum Judaicum hands over his well-ordered house to his successor after almost thirty years - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presents him with a season ticket for the Berlin museums The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation,

  9. Press conference at the Museum of Photography: The estate of Leni Riefenstahl - an interim balance of research (22.01.2026)

    Leni Riefenstahl's estate - donated to the SPK in 2018 in disorganised boxes containing photos, films, notes, letters, manuscripts and other documents - has since been successively processed and made accessible for use. The holdings harbour enormous research potential. At the same time, the collecti

  10. New research alliance for the preservation of cultural heritage (28.10.2008)

    The Presidents of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Leibniz Association and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today at the Altes Museum (Museum Island Berlin) to establish the "Cultural Heritage Research Alliance". The aim is to significantly improve