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Gerhard Richter, one of the most influential artists of our time, is providing the Nationalgalerie (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) with a diverse group of more than a hundred works for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts at the Kulturforum. The main work involved in this long-term partnership is the four-

The Guelph Treasure has been the subject of an action for restitution in the United States since 2015. In 2022, the SPK's motion to dismiss the lawsuit was granted. The appellate court has now confirmed this decision. The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) of the Staatliche Museen zu Ber

Professor Axel Marx and family donate important Beuys works from the Erich Marx Collection to the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The family of art collector Erich Marx, who died in 2020, has donated all of the works by artist Joseph Beuys in the Marx collection to the Stiftung Preussischer Kultu

Representation of Interest Groups The interests of the Foundation’s employees are represented by the human resources counselors. The SPK also has commissioners for employees with special needs, for equal treatment and for data privacy and the prevention of corruption. Representation of Employees Ell

Wolf Biermann hands over his archive and diaries to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz at a ceremony in the building on Unter den Linden. With the help of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media Affairs and the German States Cultural Foundation (KSL), the Staatsbibliot

SPK President Hermann Parzinger took the visit as an opportunity to thank the federal states for their commitment to the work of the Foundation. At the invitation of Governing Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller and President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundatio

On 13 September 2026, the Kulturforum Berlin will once again be transformed into a large event venue – both indoors and outdoors. For the fifth time, the cultural and academic institutions based there, together with St Matthew’s Church, are inviting the public – young and old alike – to a festival.

The Guelph Treasure is one of the most important collections of medieval ecclesiastical art. It has been subject to a restitution claim since 2008. In 2015, plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the U.S. that SPK believes has no merit. The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Founda

Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and Staatliche Museen zu Berlin deeply regret the termination - Parzinger: 17 years of outstanding cooperation have made Hamburger Bahnhof a hotspot of contemporary art - Eissenhauer: Friedrich Christian Flick has also rendered outstanding services to the Staatlich

A ceremony was held today at the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin to prepare two mummified and tattooed Māori heads (Toi moko) for their repatriation to New Zealand. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), to which the Ethnological Museum belongs, had decided to return