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The „Mosse Art Research Initiative“ (MARI) was presented to the public today. SPK is partner to the project which is an unprecedented initiative in provenance research. The collections of the publisher Rudolf Mosse (1843–1920) contained thousands of pictures, sculptures, art objects, books, and anti

SPK Magazine no. 2/2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the reunification of the Prussian cultural heritage collections. Staff who experienced the historic events of that period tell us their stories. Links for Additional Information SPK-Magazine 2/2015: Go on, cross the border! History of the Stiftun

During the period when Germany was divided, a wide variety of museums were located in Dahlem. The location did not develop a more focused identity until after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today one finds there not only the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Secret State Archives Prussi

The Museumsinsel (Museum Island) and the original building of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library) are located in Berlin’s historical center. In the future, the Foundation will present its museums’ non-European collections at the Humboldt-Forum there as well. More on the Museuminsel

In the years when Germany was divided, Charlottenburg was the home primarily for the Foundation’s archaeological collections. Since 1996, with the addition of the Museum Berggruen, and later with the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg (Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection), a museum district for High Modernist ar

In the Treptow-Köpenick District of Berlin, there is an annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts). The central storage location for the Foundation’s institutions is being built there as well. More on Köpenick

Four of the five institutions of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) have buildings at the Kulturforum. During the period when Berlin was divided, it was the location where most of the new buildings were constructed. Today the Foundation is working to estab

Museumsinsel Berlin, Historical Center, and Humboldt Forum The Museumsinsel and the original building of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin are located in Berlin’s historical center. In the future, the Foundation will present its museums’ non-European collections at the Humboldt Forum there as well. The

Dahlem When Germany was still divided, many of the museums in West Berlin were located in Dahlem. After reunification, a large number collections were transferred to Mitte, and efforts are currently underway to move approximately 24,000 objects from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiat

Charlottenburg In the years when Germany was divided, Charlottenburg was the home primarily for the Foundation’s archaeological collections. Since 1996, with the addition of the Museum Berggruen, and later with the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, a museum district for High Modernist art was established