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About us With its museums, libraries, archives, and research institutes, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) is one of the important cultural institutions in the world. Its outstanding collections include all areas of cultural tradition: from archaeological

Vladimir Matveyev's gift to the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is valuable in more than one way: the two-ruble gold coin of Catherine the Great completes the set of coins from her reign. The permanent exhibition at the Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (

The most important Weimar-era silent films about Berlin are being shown at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum as part of its Wednesday evening film series By Kevin Hanschke Neon signs turn night into day. People stream into pleasure palaces. Elevated trains hurtle between the buildings. Traffic backs up a

Ibero-American Institute Glimpses of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Multiteaser headline Reading room of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut © SPK / Pierre Adenis Concert in the reading room of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut © SPK / Pierre Adenis Slide collection of historical photographs of Lat

Today, the SPK Foundation Board adopted a framework for the structural reform of the Foundation based on the recommendations of the SPK Reform Commission. The museums, libraries, archives and research institutions of the SPK will be granted significantly more autonomy. At the same time, they will pu

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

SPK Magazine SPK Magazine reports on the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz in its full diversity. It offers an opportunity to speak to the people who address the numerous tasks of the Foundation with creativity and personal commitment and takes positions on issues of cultural policy. Heft 11 (2018)

Funding approved by Monika Grütters will make the digitized images in the possession of all German cultural institutions more accessible In the future, it will be even easier for professional users to purchase images of cultural treasures. There will be a central distribution platform for high-quali

The interior of the Humboldt Forum is coming along nicely. A generous grant from the Kuratorium Preussischer Kulturbesitz has made it possible to commission Wang Shu – one of the most significant architects in China today – to design the space for exhibiting Chinese imperial court art from the colle

Some 1600 objects illustrate developments in the first millennium B.C. Almost half of them once belonged to the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, but owing to the war are now in Russian museums. The exhibition "Iron Age – Europe Without Borders" can be seen from November 11, 2020 to February 28, 2