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  1. Qalamos: Ein Portal, sie alle zu finden

    Qalamos: Ein Portal, sie alle zu finden Kairo und der Nil, aus einem türkischen Küstenatlas des 17. Jahrhunderts (Signatur: Diez A fol. 57) Das Onlineportal „Qalamos“ bietet erstmals eine Datenbank aller orientalischen Handschriften in deutschen Sammlungen. Christoph Rauch von der Staatsbibliothek i

  2. A Spirit of Optimism: 2021 Annual Report Released (01.07.2022)

    “How will we build the future?” asks the recently published annual report of the SPK, which focuses on the internal changes underway at the Foundation and the people behind them. The 2021 Annual Report of the SPK has now been published. In his foreword, SPK President Hermann Parzinger recalls a “yea

  3. An Extremely Generous Gift: The Keys to Haus Bastian (12.03.2019)

    The keys to the future Center for Cultural Education of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin were handed over in a ceremony today The building designed by David Chipperfield Architects and located on Kupfergraben, an historical street in Berlin’s Museumsinsel district, was ceremoniously given to the Stif

  4. Benin Dialogue Group Statement (24.03.2021)

    Benin Dialogue Group contributes to the ongoing discussion about the possible return of the Benin bronzes. Set up in 2010, the Benin Dialogue Group offers museums from Austria, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden a framework within which to work with Nigerian partner institutions and

  5. 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

  6. First openings after relaxation of COVID-19 containment measures (23.04.2020)

    Lending will be possible again in the SPK libraries from 4 May, reading rooms will remain closed. The museums are preparing to open individual houses. The SPK museums, libraries and archives have been closed since 14 March 2020. With the current relaxation of the containment measures by the State of

  7. The Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts Is Coming (14.11.2019)

    On November 14, 2019, the Budget Committee of the Bundestag approved the funds for a new building in the Kulturforum. The planned budget for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Museum of the 20th Century) of the Nationalgalerie (National Gallery) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in

  8. Ready: Renovation of Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden is Finished (04.11.2019)

    The keys to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in the building on Unter den Linden were turned over on November 4 after a renovation suitable for listed buildings. The ceremony marked the end of the complete renovation and expansion of the complex of listed buildings, which is more than 100 years old an

  9. Coming soon: Beethoven's 10th Symphony? (03.07.2020)

    Artificial intelligence is being used to complete the fragment – the head of the music department of the Staatsbibliothek is skeptical Now you can see it again, but only until July 24: This kiss to the whole world! is an exhibition about the Beethoven collection of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Be

  10. "Don't call me...": Joint Initiative Against Racism (10.05.2021)

    To mark Germany's Diversity Day on May 18, 2021, rbb, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are taking a visible stand against racism by projecting a social video series on the facade of the James Simon Gallery. Every day, people in Berlin and Brandenburg experie