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  1. 200 years of Museum Island Berlin: SPK celebrates a unique place of world culture for five years (18.12.2024)

    Gold hat and Nefertiti, Cleopatra and Caspar David Friedrich, Canova and Pergamon. The curved façade of the Bode Museum, the temple of the Alte Nationalgalerie, the resurrected Neues Museum and the idyllic Kolonnadenhof. The Museum Island is one of Berlin's main attractions and one of the world's to

  2. Cultural Forum: The Piazzetta becomes Johanna and Eduard Arnhold Square (04.11.2024)

    The former piazzetta at the entrance to the museums at the Kulturforum was today named after Johanna and Eduard Arnhold. This commemorates the Jewish couple who patronised art, culture and science during the imperial era and the Weimar Republic. With the naming of the square, the museums at the Kult

  3. Five German cultural institutions restitute 221 books to the descendants of Henry Torrès (26.06.2025)

    On 26 June 2025 in Paris, five German cultural institutions handed over 221 books to the descendants of the well-known French lawyer, journalist and politician Henry Torrès (1891-1966). The books had belonged to Torrès or one of his two wives. They could be attributed to them based on the dedication

  4. German Bundestag passes new law on the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (31.01.2025)

    Parzinger: This is the keystone of our reform / New law to come into force on 1 December 2025 On Friday night (31 January), the German Bundestag passed a new law for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. SPK President Hermann Parzinger commented: "The new SPK Act is a decisive step towards guid

  5. Statement by the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) on the Nan Goldin retrospective at the Neue Nationalgalerie (20.11.2024)

    Nan Goldin is one of the most significant contemporary artists. The Neue Nationalgalerie has therefore decided to honor her photographic oeuvre with a major retrospective. Her art stands for itself. In addition to her work as an artist, Nan Goldin is also an activist and opinion leader and is active

  6. Visitors Flock to the Palace of World Cultures (19.09.2022)

    Last weekend, over 25,000 visitors took the opportunity to experience the recently completed Humboldt Forum. The opening weekend of the recently finished Humboldt Forum has been a complete success. Over 25,000 visitors came to see the fully furnished exhibition rooms of the Ethnologisches Museum (Et

  7. SPK Commits to Climate-Neutral Culture (30.09.2022)

    SPK Joins Sustainability Action Network and Signs Sustainability Declaration for the Cultural Field Today, the SPK officially became a partner of the Sustainability Action Network in Culture and the Media (ANKM). The network is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

  8. Open access for research and culture (07.02.2022)

    SPK adopts Open Science declaration for greater transparency and quality in science, as well as broader public involvement Open science is a central topic not only in science and research, but also in the cultural sector and society as a whole. In addition to open access, it requires open data and o

  9. The Wreckage of Culture (25.02.2022)

    SPK President Hermann Parzinger on long-standing cultural relations with Russia and the fatal consequences of the Ukraine war SPK President Hermann Parzinger wrote this text earlier this week. We aren't going to update it, even if events have overtaken it, because it deals with the possibilities of

  10. Korean Cultural Center in Germany to support Museum für Asiatische Kunst (16.12.2021)

    The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz have signed an agreement that includes funding for a curator's position. The focus lies on research into the Korean collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The funds will go to