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  1. Happy ending after 74 years: Menzel's "Dame im Coupé" and "Schutzmann im Winter" back in the Kupferstichkabinett (23.03.2019)

    The two works "Dame im Coupé" and "Schutzmann im Winter" had been considered lost since their removal from storage during the Second World War. Now the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin has succeeded in the sensational recovery of the two prints by Adolph Menzel (1815-1905). Aro

  2. Restitution and purchase of the sculpture "Resting Woman" by Fritz Huf (28.03.2022)

    SPK restitutes sculpture by Fritz Huf to the heiress of Hans (Jean) Fürstenberg - SPSG purchases work for the park of Schönhausen Palace On 5 April 2022, the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) will hand over the bronze sculpture "Resting Woman", creat

  3. More Luther! (01.01.2017)

    2017 is fully dedicated to the Reformation. The world is celebrating this historical event 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg and initiated one of the greatest religious upheavals in the history of humankind. The museums of the SPK are participat

  4. “It’s about time!” – A Day at the Dahlem Research Campus: Kick-Off for a New Type of Research Center (24.10.2022)

    On October 7, the time had come at last: the new research campus in Dahlem opened its doors to the public for the first time and offered a preview of the future shape of the well-known museum ensemble. For two years now, a group of seven SPK institutions has been examining the question of how resear

  5. Researching and Documenting Provenance

    Researching and Documenting Provenance The goal of provenance research is to clarify the origins of objects. It is a cross-disciplinary task for all the Foundation’s institutions. In several research projects, determining provenance is the sole task. The Spectrum of Tasks in Provenance Research Prov

  6. Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik

    Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik The SPK and the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin work together in the areas of conservation, research, storage, and presentation of cultural heritage. It takes the form of both joint projects and teaching. The students of restoration at the HTW in Be

  7. Bode Museum Coin Robbery: Parzinger Thanks the Berlin Police Force (17.07.2017)

    SPK President hopes for „further progress towards solving the case“ of the Big Maple Leaf The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Foundation), Hermann Parzinger, has thanked the Berlin police force for its „excellent detective work into the burglary at the Bode Mus

  8. The "Karlsruhe Sketchbook" by Caspar David Friedrich remains in Germany (12.07.2024)

    Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz succeed in joint acquisition - thanks to Kulturstiftung der Länder and Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung The "Karlsruhe Sketchbook" by Caspar David Friedrich is staying in Germany! The Klassik Stiftung We

  9. Drawing by Hackert restituted from the Kupferstichkabinett (30.04.2019)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin bought the ink wash drawing "Auf Hiddensee" in 1939. Its previous owner had to sell it when he was being persecuted by the Nazi regime. Yesterday, a descendant of Friedrich Emil Guttsmann (1888-1959) came to Berlin to receive the drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett (Mu

  10. Acquisition History of the Troy Collection in Berlin (28.07.2021)

    Long-term conservation of Heinrich Schliemann's files The Koordinierungsstelle für die Erhaltung des schriftlichen Kulturguts (Coordination Office for the Preservation of the Written Cultural Heritage) (KEK) has made funds available for conservation work to secure the long-term survival of files lef