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The Museumsinsel (Museum Island) and the original building of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library) are located in Berlin’s historical center. In the future, the Foundation will present its museums’ non-European collections at the Humboldt-Forum there as well. More on the Museuminsel

In its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) authorized SPK President Hermann Parzinger "to conduct, in the framework of the joint negotiations of the Federal Republic of Germany with the relevant authorities in Nigeria,

Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz The Kuratorium Preussischer Kulturbesitz brings together companies committed to culture to support selected projects of the foundation as part of a strategic partnership. Logo of the Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz © SPK / Polyform Founded in 2014, the Kurator

Mohammed's home, Syria, lies in ruins, but he still believes in the future. To symbolize it, he has made a wing of concrete for the exhibition "daHEIM – glances into fugitive lives", now showing at the Museum Europäischer Kulturen. Mohammed Concrete's home lies in ruins. Rubble covers the ground on

The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung is the secret star of the new Netflix series "Unorthodox" – so before your next binge-watching session, why not check out what the institute itself has to offer online? By Julia Spinola If you’re planning on binge-watching Netflix to forget the pandemic aft

Publications The Foundation and its institutions publish around a hundred books and other print products annually. The spectrum of publications also includes CD series and online editions of specific holdings. Our exhibition catalogs, museum guides and children’s books, most of which are lavishly il

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

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

Palmyra has been freed, but the civil war continues – and with it the threat to Syria's cultural heritage. To discuss its protection, UNESCO convened a conference of experts in Berlin early in June 2016. For Zoya Masoud, this was the perfect place to talk about humanitarian aid. June 8, 2016 Zoya Ma

Rentals You can rent select spaces in the buildings of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Villa von der Heydt for special occasions and events. Selected rooms in many of the Foundation’s buildings can be rented for special occasions. © SPK CC NC-BY-SA The Staa