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  1. What is Coming to the Humboldt Forum? (12.06.2015)

    Beginning in 2019, outstanding collections of the art and culture of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and America will take up residence in the newly completed Humboldt Forum. The Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst will occupy about 80 per cent of the Humboldt Forum’s floor area. Links

  2. Highlights of the Collections in Dahlem (13.12.2013)

    During the period when Germany was divided, a wide variety of museums were located in Dahlem. The location did not develop a more focused identity until after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today one finds there not only the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Secret State Archives Prussi

  3. Restrictions due to maintenance work (28.05.2024)

    June 5 to 9, 2024: Due to maintenance work, the IT accessibility of the SPK is severely restricted, individual areas of the facilities will remain closed during this time From Wednesday, June 5, up to and including Sunday, June 9, 2024, some websites of the SPK and its institutions will be unavailab

  4. About us

    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

  5. Acquisitions and Donations

    Acquisitions and Donations Acquisitions, indefinite loans, and donations enrich the holdings of the Foundation. All of the collections are continually supplemented in this way. The SPK ensures that the provenance of every new object is clarified. Eine der wichtigsten Schenkungen: Die Büste der Nofre

  6. The Coordination Office for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage (KEK)

    The Coordination Office for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage (KEK) The substance of written cultural heritage is often endangered. The Koordinierungsstelle promotes their preservation and networks archives, libraries and museums nationwide. A restoration project funded by the Koordinier

  7. “The cross-divisional structure should be regarded as an opportunity” (20.08.2020)

    Division of the SPK into three independent parts fails to gain majority support. The Advisory Board gives its opinion on the Science Council’s evaluation paper. On August 17, the Advisory Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considered the recommend

  8. Rieckhallen saved! (23.09.2021)

    The State of Berlin intends to acquire the Rieckhallen at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. To this effect, it has signed a memorandum of understanding with CA Immo. The real estate company CA Immo is willing to part with the Rieckhallen in exchange for property of the same valu

  9. The Humboldt Forum: “To Be in Touch with as Much of the World as Possible” (27.11.2013)

    The Goal and Significance of Germany’s Most Important Cultural Project at the Beginning of the 21st Century. By Hermann Parzinger The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) presents the opportunities of the Humboldt Forum project for Berlin and it

  10. U.S. Appeals Court issues decision on GuelphTreasure art restitution lawsuit (10.07.2018)

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its decision on 10 July, ordering the U.S. District Court to dismiss the lawsuit against the Federal Republic of Germany while allowing the lawsuit to proceed against SPK. Hermann Parzinger, president of Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SP