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  1. “The cross-divisional structure should be regarded as an opportunity” (20.08.2020)

    Division of the SPK into three independent parts fails to gain majority support. The Advisory Board gives its opinion on the Science Council’s evaluation paper. On August 17, the Advisory Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considered the recommend

  2. Gender Equality Plan

    Gender Equality Plan Die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz steht als Kultur- und Wissenschaftseinrichtung für Chancengleichheit, Weltoffenheit und die Vielfalt der Gesellschaft. In der Geschäftsordnung ist festgeschrieben, dass die Gleichstellung aller Menschen ein Leitprinzip der Stiftungsarbeit is

  3. Museumsinsel Berlin, Historical Center, and Humboldt Forum

    Museumsinsel Berlin, Historical Center, and Humboldt Forum The Museumsinsel and the original building of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin are located in Berlin’s historical center. In the future, the Foundation will present its museums’ non-European collections at the Humboldt Forum there as well. The

  4. Why People Need Stones (25.05.2016)

    Pictures of the destruction of Palmyra, a world heritage site, have made the need for cultural heritage protection clear to all. Markus Hilgert, Director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, is working on many fronts for the sustainable preservation of cultural heritage. On

  5. Dealing with Cultural Assets Looted by the National Socialists

    Dealing with Cultural Assets Looted by the National Socialists The National Socialists systematically took art and books from those they persecuted. The Foundation searches for just and fair solutions based on the Washington Principles for looted assets that ended up in its collections. Im August 19

  6. „Of Course Provenance Research Is Being Done“ (08.08.2017)

    Conducting provenance research on ethnological collections is often more difficult than research on Nazi-confiscated art, the president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Hermann Parzinger, said in an interview with Maria Ossowski of Deutschlandfunk. But, he pointed out, the Humboldt-Forum w

  7. Destruction of Cultural Property Is a War Crime (24.04.2017)

    A recent resolution of the UN Security Council has affirmed that the protection of cultural heritage is not just a cultural issue, but also a security problem. Markus Hilgert, director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, talks about the challenges this presents to the

  8. “In order to return something, you have to know where it comes from“ (02.08.2017)

    A project to establish the origins of East African human remains starts in October 2017 at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (MVF) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Bernhard Heeb, curator of the MVF and manager of the project, explains why the museum has a skull collection and how it is being

  9. So benutzen Sie die Internet-Seite www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de

    So benutzen Sie die Internet-Seite www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de Start-Seite der Internet-Seite der Stiftung Preußischer Kultur-Besitz Die Stiftung Preußischer Kultur-Besitz ist in Berlin. Die Stiftung Preußischer Kultur-Besitz heißt kurz: SPK Gesprochen wird das: Es – Pe – Ka Die Internet-Seite

  10. Unearthed: the Real Relationship between Berlin and the Berliner Schloss (21.12.2016)

    For years, the Berliner Schloss has been at the center of numerous debates. Alongside the issue of the Humboldt-Forum, discussion has primarily centered on one question: should it be rebuilt, or not? Those who oppose reconstructing the building argue that this would cover up the traces of recent his