Search

Search

  1. Rentals

    Rentals You can rent select spaces in the buildings of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Villa von der Heydt for special occasions and events. Selected rooms in many of the Foundation’s buildings can be rented for special occasions. © SPK CC NC-BY-SA The Staa

  2. Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft

    Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft The Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG) has had, from the time it was founded in 1898, close relationships to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. In 2012 the DOG and the SPK decided to collaborate even more closely. The collaboration thus far between the Deutsche Orient-Gese

  3. Guidelines for the Treatment of Human Remains

    Guidelines for the Treatment of Human Remains Human remains in museum collections must be treated with special sensitivity. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is one of many museums that have human remains among their holdings. The SPK has established basic principles for dealing with human remains and

  4. Vaccination with art (04.06.2021)

    Works of art in Berlin's vaccination centers: large posters featuring objects from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin create a positive atmosphere. Since the beginning of June, large posters with art works from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin – Pr

  5. Cultural Education

    Cultural Education Numerous people from Germany and abroad visit and use the Foundation’s museums, libraries, and archives. Its offerings to impart culture and fulfill its task of educating are correspondingly broad. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin offer children and young people of all ages a varie

  6. Campaign Juxtaposes Old and New: "Finally open again for ..." Celebrates Museum Reopening (08.06.2021)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Musikinstrumenten-Museum are finally open to the public again. They are wooing visitors with 21 different advertisements around the city and on social media. The hygienic measures imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic are gradually being lifted, and

  7. Rebirth of an Architectural Icon – Handover of the Keys to the Neue Nationalgalerie (29.04.2021)

    The upper exhibition hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie at Berlin's Kulturforum has been visible in its former glory since December 2020. Today, the keys for the entire, fully refurbished building are being handed over to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Owin

  8. Tribute to Furniture Designer Erich Dieckmann in Halle and Berlin (12.05.2021)

    SPK and SMB to partner the state of Saxony-Anhalt: retrospective on Bauhaus designer Erich Dieckmann to open in spring 2022, produced by the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in collaboration with the Art Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt and Burg Giebichenstein Uni

  9. Patrons and Collectors

    Patrons and Collectors Gifts and generous support from its patrons raised the profile of the SPK's institutions in their early years. Long-standing relationships with collectors are still contributing to superb exhibitions, research work, and new museum buildings today. James Simon (1851-1932), an i

  10. Gipsformerei: Sustainable Building Solutions Wanted! (27.01.2022)

    A design competition has been launched for the overhaul and extension of the Gipsformerei of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The brief calls for a preliminary design that is sustainable, functional and architecturally compelling. On January 25, 2022, the Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (Fede