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  1. Her Majesty on the Building Site (12.09.2022)

    Whenever she visited Berlin, Queen Elizabeth II showed an interest in the Staatliche Museen. In 2004, former SPK President Klaus-Dieter Lehmann gave the Queen a tour of Museumsinsel. By Klaus-Dieter Lehmann Riding in a wobbly construction hoist or taking the S-Bahn from Berlin to Potsdam is nothing

  2. About us

    About us With its museums, libraries, archives, and research institutes, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) is one of the important cultural institutions in the world. Its outstanding collections include all areas of cultural tradition: from archaeological

  3. Foundation Board lays the groundwork for management positions at the Staatliche Museen (24.11.2020)

    Gemäldegalerie director's position to be advertised – Nationalgalerie management to be split into three positions – Grütters and Parzinger thank Michael Eissenhauer On November 23, 2020, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika G

  4. Sponsoring

    Sponsoring SPK's sponsoring and fundraising activities are coordinated, documented and implemented Foundation-wide in consultation with the institutions. Frauke Probst Fundraising +49 030 266 412503 Email Links for Additional Information Support Contact for General Enquiries If you have a general qu

  5. New Perspective, New Faces at the SPK (28.04.2022)

    At its annual reception in 2022 at the James-Simon-Galerie, the Foundation introduced several new faces and its plans for the future. On April 27, 2022, the SPK held its annual reception. The event took place in James-Simon-Galerie, where member institutions shared a glimpse of this year's activitie

  6. An Extremely Generous Gift: The Keys to Haus Bastian (12.03.2019)

    The keys to the future Center for Cultural Education of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin were handed over in a ceremony today The building designed by David Chipperfield Architects and located on Kupfergraben, an historical street in Berlin’s Museumsinsel district, was ceremoniously given to the Stif

  7. Return heralds collaboration between Luther Memorials and Staatsbibliothek (18.01.2022)

    The SPK has recently returned a friendship album to the Luther Memorials Foundation. It dates from the Reformation era and contains an entry by Philipp Melanchthon. It will become part of the permanent exhibition at the Lutherhaus in Wittenberg, from where it was stolen in 1976. Until it was stolen,

  8. Improved Service and Visitor Accessibility, and 250,000 more Visits to the Museums (09.04.2019)

    Around 250,000 more visits to the Staatliche Museen in 2018 – from now on, the SPK institutions are offering more service across the board in the form of longer opening hours, new spaces, and digital transformation. The number of visits to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin)

  9. Ngonnso’: Foundation Board clears the way for the return to Cameroon (27.06.2022)

    At its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation authorized SPK’s president Hermann Parzinger to conclude an agreement with the relevant authorities in Cameroon on the return of the so-called Ngonnso'. The female figure known as Ngonnso' originates from the his

  10. Postscript to the International Conference on Syria: Why Ruins Can Help People (30.06.2016)

    Palmyra has been freed, but the civil war continues – and with it the threat to Syria's cultural heritage. To discuss its protection, UNESCO convened a conference of experts in Berlin early in June 2016. For Zoya Masoud, this was the perfect place to talk about humanitarian aid. June 8, 2016 Zoya Ma