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  1. Parzinger: Dahlem’s Doors Will Remain Open (14.06.2017)

    Museum site, research campus, storage facility: on Monday, SPK President Hermann Parzinger discussed plans for Dahlem at a meeting of the Berlin House of Representatives’ Committee on Cultural Affairs. Parzinger declared that “the doors will remain open at the Dahlem museum site.” The Museum Europäi

  2. Glamorous donation – Kunstgewerbemuseum receives a feather cap by fashion designer Anna Düll (22.10.2020)

    A few weeks ago, the Kunstgewerbemuseum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin was given a valuable feather cap made by the milliner Anna Düll of Heidelberg. It is only a few months since Katrin Lindemann took up her new post as the curator of fashion and textiles at the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of De

  3. Multimedia archive for life stories of Jewish art-collectors (27.01.2022)

    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

  4. The Whole World on One Island (24.02.2017)

    For the first time outside of the Villa von der Heydt: At their 2017 yearly press conference at the Altes Museum, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz demonstrated that all sights are set on the Humboldt Forum and highlighted the theme of digitalization. Long before the actual opening of the Humbol

  5. Foundation Board Decides on Concrete Steps for SPK Reform (29.06.2021)

    Today, the SPK Foundation Board adopted a framework for the structural reform of the Foundation based on the recommendations of the SPK Reform Commission. The museums, libraries, archives and research institutions of the SPK will be granted significantly more autonomy. At the same time, they will pu

  6. “The Digital World Is Always an Extension of the Analog World“ (01.06.2017)

    In museum4punkt0, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are seeking to develop digital and personalized content that will help visitors with navigation, provide them with contextual information, and offer opportunities for interaction. Christina Haak, SMB Deputy Director-General, discusses the challenges

  7. Michael Eissenhauer: “Comprehending the World in its Entirety “ (21.11.2017)

    On 25 November 2017 admission is free on the Museumsinsel and at the Kulturforum for the Activities Day “On the Way to the Humboldt Forum“. We spoke with Michael Eissenhauer, Director-General of the Staatliche Museen, about the upcoming convergence of cultures on show for free on 25 November as a fo

  8. Kolonnadenhof on Museumsinsel – The last phase of restoration begins (03.06.2020)

    The nineteenth-century colonnade designed by Stüler will soon regain its original appearance. The restoration work is being done on the northern part of the colonnade, which will be returned to the state that it originally had in the nineteenth century. It was enclosed to create additional rooms in

  9. “If you have findings, then you have to act on them.” (12.02.2018)

    On February 12, 2018, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, talked to the Tagesspiegel about the Humboldt Forum, ways of dealing with objects from the colonial era, and provenance research. The Humboldt Forum is due to open at the end of 2019. It will enable the col

  10. “We shall not forget Erich Marx” (10.09.2020)

    The SPK, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Nationalgalerie mourn the loss of the great collector, who died yesterday at the age of 99 The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) mourn the loss o