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  1. "Where does the future begin?" Annual Report 2022 shows external perspectives on the SPK (09.08.2023)

    The new annual report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has been published. It looks back on the important events of 2022 - such as the securing of the Rieckhallen, the discovery of a Rembrandt, restitutions such as the Benin bronzes, the opening of the museums in the Humboldt Forum and t

  2. The new Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook has been published (21.12.2007)

    The 43rd volume of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook looks back on the significant events and developments of 2006. The reopening of the Bode Museum, formerly the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, was a glittering highlight of the year and at the same time a decisive step on the way to the restoration

  3. Repurchase of a Kirchner etching after restitution (16.08.2017)

    The SPK has returned nine works of art to the heirs of the Jewish businessman and collector Eugen Moritz Buchthal. It has repurchased an etching by E. L. Kirchner for the Kupferstichkabinett. Lawyer Lothar Fremy, who represents the heirs, said: "The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultu

  4. Cluster of Excellence: “Image Knowledge Gestaltung: An interdisciplinary Laboratory”

    Cluster of Excellence: “Image Knowledge Gestaltung: An interdisciplinary Laboratory” This cluster studies complex problems that cannot be solved within the boundaries of a single scholarly discipline. Fundamental design processes in the sciences are at the center of its interests. This cluster of ex

  5. Pergamonmuseum

    Pergamonmuseum The Pergamonmuseum will be given a fourth wing in accordance with the master plan for the Museumsinsel. Renovation work has been underway in the museum's north wing and central section since the fall of 2012. The plans for both the complete refurbishment and the extension were drawn u

  6. 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

  7. Change in the office of Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (20.12.2010)

    The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann, today unanimously elected Prof Dr Günther Schauerte as the new Vice-President of the SPK. Mr Schauerte is currently Deputy Director General of the National Museums in Berlin -

  8. New Publication: Results of the Provenance Research on Skulls from German East Africa (18.01.2023)

    Following the completion of provenance research on skulls from German East Africa, an extensive report on the pilot project has now been published. “We are prepared to restitute these remains immediately, and we are waiting for signals from the countries of origin,” says SPK President Hermann Parzin

  9. The 'foreigner' and me: migration and integration as an opportunity. An event in the Year of Science 2013 - The demographic opportunity (22.05.2013)

    "Das 'Fremde' und ich - Migration und Integration als Chance" - this is the title of a panel of experts discussing demographic change from different perspectives on 30 May 2013 from 12 noon at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities at Gendarmenmarkt. The joint event organised by t

  10. Relaunch of the website of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (28.08.2013)

    The completely redesigned and updated website of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de) went online today. The launch marks an important step towards improving the Foundation's public image. The SPK's tasks and activities are now more tangible than ever before: