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Conference organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as part of the Berlin Year of Science 2010 "Berlin - Capital for Science" On 9 and 10 December 2010, the conference "Knowledge Archives in Dialogue with Science and Society" took place at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. As an institut

In July 2017, Prof Dr Jürgen Kloosterhuis will retire from his position as Director of the Prussian Secret State Archives after more than 20 years. He will be succeeded by Prof Dr Ulrike Höroldt, who currently heads the State Archives of Saxony-Anhalt. This was decided unanimously yesterday by the B

Grütters: Berlin and Dresden benefit from the collector's generosity. Parzinger: The Marzona Art Collection will remain an integral part of the future Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. Cooperation between SPK and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden to be expanded. Egidio Marzona's collec

New layout, new structure, new content - the website of the Secret State Archives PK has been completely relaunched / Research room reopened to users on 14 May 2020 Following the recent amendment to the Berlin SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance, archives are now also allowed to reopen. The Se

With the help of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Cultural Foundation of the Federal States, the State Library acquires Wolf Biermann's private and professional archives and personal diaries. Like no other, the 84-year-old singer-songwriter's work has reflected t

Special funds from the Coordination Centre for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage (KEK) are once again being used to support projects at the SPK: The Geheime Staatsarchiv PK will restore and digitise the estate of the architect Franz Schwechten. The Berlin State Library is continuing the

In the course of the German-Polish intergovernmental consultations, 73 documents from the time of the Teutonic Order from the holdings of the Prussian Secret State Archives were returned to Poland today, Monday, at the Federal Chancellery. These are archival documents that were removed from the Wars

The SPK and Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections) are launching a joint project in memory of those persecuted by the Nazis. The multimedia archive will record their lives and fates, revealing the personal stories behind restitution cases. The project will receive 6

Wolf Biermann hands over his archive and diaries to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz at a ceremony in the building on Unter den Linden. With the help of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media Affairs and the German States Cultural Foundation (KSL), the Staatsbibliot

The museums of the SPK cease to open for the public from Monday, November 2, 2020 until the end of the month – its archives and libraries remain open, subject to conditions From Monday, November 2, 2020, until the end of the month, the SPK is no longer admitting members of the public to any of the m