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  1. SPK Foundation Board Clears the Way for the Return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria (29.06.2021)

    In its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) authorized SPK President Hermann Parzinger "to conduct, in the framework of the joint negotiations of the Federal Republic of Germany with the relevant authorities in Nigeria,

  2. In Memory of Erich Marx (09.09.2021)

    A moving memorial ceremony was held in the Hamburger Bahnhof by the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the family in memory of the great art collector Erich Marx, who died last year. Erich Marx died one year ago, at the age of 99. Today, around two hundred invited guests paid tribute to the grea

  3. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin reopens Unter den Linden building (25.01.2021)

    The main building of the Staatsbibliothek was reopened today in a digital ceremony The main building of one of the world's most important libraries has been extensively renovated and modernized with the help of federal funds. The personnel of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library) are

  4. SPK on board: NFDI4Culture approved (30.06.2020)

    NFDI4Culture consortium sets up national research data infrastructure for tangible and intangible cultural assets with the participation of the SPK. As one of the sponsoring institutions, the SPK is actively involved in the NFDI4Culture consortium, which the Joint Science Conference (GWK) of the fed

  5. SPK to get a Chief Information Officer (16.06.2020)

    Starting in October, Johann Herzberg will be responsible for the strategic development of IT for all digital services and content offered by the SPK. Hermann Parzinger, President of the SPK: “In Johann Herzberg, the SPK has gained a strategically focused IT manager who is also familiar with the admi

  6. Staatsbibliothek: Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Has a New Director (28.06.2022)

    Foundation Board selects Carolin Schreiber to head the Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Starting in the fall of 2022, Carolin Schreiber will head up the newly established Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library). The

  7. Positioning on the future of Berlin's museum landscape (21.08.2013)

    The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Director General of the National Museums in Berlin see a new building at the Kulturforum as a significant and realisable step towards the further development of Berlin's museum landscape. This will create the urgently needed presenta

  8. 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

  9. In memoriam Peter Hofmann (13.09.2021)

    It is with deep sorrow that the SPK announces the death of its former Vice President at the age of 89. Peter Hofmann, former Vice President of the SPK, died in Berlin at the end of August. He was 89 years old. Hofmann worked for the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foun

  10. Feasibility study commissioned to optimise Berlin's museum landscape (11.09.2012)

    The President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Hermann Parzinger, the Director General Michael Eissenhauer and the 15 museum directors of the SMB, in particular the collection directors concerned, Udo Kittelmann and Bernd Lindemann, have decided on the further course of action regarding