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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. museum4punkt0: Developing and Sharing Digital Outreach Applications (24.06.2022)

    Twenty-seven projects organized by a variety of museums throughout Germany demonstrate the range of possibilities for digital cultural outreach At a show of work in progress held today in Berlin, institutions participating in the digital outreach project museum4punkt0 presented an overview of the ap

  4. Restitution of Nazi-looted art: SPK returns Pissarro painting (18.10.2021)

    Une Place à la Roche-Guyon by Camille Pissarro is returned to the Dorville heirs and purchased for the Alte Nationalgalerie The SPK has returned Une Place à la Roche-Guyon by Camille Pissarro to the heirs of Armand Dorville and bought it back from them for the Alte Nationalgalerie. Today, the repres

  5. Improved Service and Visitor Accessibility, and 250,000 more Visits to the Museums (09.04.2019)

    Around 250,000 more visits to the Staatliche Museen in 2018 – from now on, the SPK institutions are offering more service across the board in the form of longer opening hours, new spaces, and digital transformation. The number of visits to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin)

  6. SPK mourns Norbert Zimmermann (29.11.2021)

    Former vice president of the SPK dies at the age of 75 Norbert Zimmermann, formerly vice president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), passed away last week in Berlin at the age of 75. Zimmermann worked for the Foundation for almost three decades, also

  7. Transparent and Digital: 9,000 Historical Auction Catalogs Now Online (25.10.2019)

    The “German Sales” project makes indispensable sources available for provenance and art market research. As part of a joint digitization and indexation project, the Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin), the Heidelberg University Library, and

  8. Worlds in the West Wing: Staatliche Museen open in the Humboldt Forum (22.09.2021)

    After years spent moving the collections of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, they are finally on show in the heart of Berlin, with an additional focus on their colonial contexts. Together with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister of State for Culture Moni

  9. Korean Cultural Center in Germany to support Museum für Asiatische Kunst (16.12.2021)

    The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz have signed an agreement that includes funding for a curator's position. The focus lies on research into the Korean collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The funds will go to

  10. Provenance Research Project regarding Mosse Collection (07.03.2017)

    The „Mosse Art Research Initiative“ (MARI) was presented to the public today. SPK is partner to the project which is an unprecedented initiative in provenance research. The collections of the publisher Rudolf Mosse (1843–1920) contained thousands of pictures, sculptures, art objects, books, and anti