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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

2017 is fully dedicated to the Reformation. The world is celebrating this historical event 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg and initiated one of the greatest religious upheavals in the history of humankind. The museums of the SPK are participat

Conductor Ton Koopman on the Mass in B Minor, a treasure of the Staatsbibliothek that now also belongs to the Memory of the World – performed in three concerts by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Stored at a constant temperature of eighteen degrees Celsius with fifty percent humidity in the vault

Organs, wind instruments and iPads: Christian Breternitz's apprenticeship and years of travel in the fascinating and diverse world of musical instruments. The instrument expert is the new research associate at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung. By Julia Spin

Parzinger: Iran still not issuing export permit for works of art – SPK committed to cultural dialogue The exhibition “The Tehran Collection. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Berlin” planned for the Gemäldegalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will not be able to take place as scheduled. As t

The famous statue of the Hindu god Vishnu from the collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst was recently moved to the Humboldt Forum from the Dahlem district of Berlin, where the museum's storage depot will continue to be located. That was no easy task, given the statue’s weight of almost 500 k

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin bought the ink wash drawing "Auf Hiddensee" in 1939. Its previous owner had to sell it when he was being persecuted by the Nazi regime. Yesterday, a descendant of Friedrich Emil Guttsmann (1888-1959) came to Berlin to receive the drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett (Mu

SPK and Oxford intensify cooperation based on globally-renowned cultural and scientific collections and scholarship The University of Oxford and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz signed a Memorandum of Understanding during an official visit to Berlin by an Oxford delegation. This close cooperati

In the art intervention The Other Nefertiti, two artists have published a 3D model of the bust of Nefertiti online – because, they say, the bust and its data are not accessible. How true is that claim? Jan Nikolai Nelles and Nora Al-Badri say on their website that they made the scan in the Neues Mus

Future relations with Russia — are politics and culture going separate ways? That was the subject of a discussion with Michael Kretschmer, Marion Ackermann and Hermann Parzinger on June 10, 2021. Text The evening panel discussion was hosted by SPK President Hermann Parzinger and State Secretary Conr