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  1. Let the competitions begin! The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition for organ and violoncello starts on 16 January 2019 (15.01.2019)

    The public competitions of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition, which will be held this year in the organ and cello categories, will begin on 16 January 2019. As in the previous year, the two final concerts on 19 and 20 January 2019 will take place together with the Konzerthausorc

  2. Happy ending after 74 years: Menzel's "Dame im Coupé" and "Schutzmann im Winter" back in the Kupferstichkabinett (23.03.2019)

    The two works "Dame im Coupé" and "Schutzmann im Winter" had been considered lost since their removal from storage during the Second World War. Now the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin has succeeded in the sensational recovery of the two prints by Adolph Menzel (1815-1905). Aro

  3. Opening of the exhibition "The Victoria of Calvatone: The Fate of a Masterpiece" at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (06.12.2019)

    On 7 December 2019, the exhibition "The Victoria of Calvatone: The Fate of a Masterpiece", organised by the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the National Museums in Berlin, will open in the Hermitage's "Roman Court" room. The exhibition marks the completion of the restoration of the stat

  4. Restitution and purchase of the sculpture "Resting Woman" by Fritz Huf (28.03.2022)

    SPK restitutes sculpture by Fritz Huf to the heiress of Hans (Jean) Fürstenberg - SPSG purchases work for the park of Schönhausen Palace On 5 April 2022, the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) will hand over the bronze sculpture "Resting Woman", creat

  5. Sharing Knowledge, Strengthening Networks: The IAI in Guatemala (28.08.2025)

    In July 2025, the IAI was active in Guatemala: A network meeting strengthened the exchange on digital collections in Central America, indigenous literature was acquired at the book fair, and the library of the Centro de Estudios de las Culturas en Guatemala received a book donation. In July 2025, th

  6. Declaration on Accessibility

    Declaration on Accessibility This declaration on accessibility applies to the website of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) published at www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de. As a public body within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/2102, we strive to make ou

  7. Delve into the depths of the SPK’s collection histories – at the eighth Provenance Research Day on 8 April 2026 (26.03.2026)

    A rediscovered Madonna, the history of the sculpture collection, the networks of Surrealism, talking mats, and the responsible handling of human remains – all of this is linked to the work of provenance researchers. On 8 April, they will be talking about it. This year marks the eighth edition of Int

  8. Building for research and cultural heritage - Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden celebrates topping-out ceremony (05.02.2008)

    Today's topping-out ceremony in the presence of Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Building, André Schmitz, State Secretary for Culture of the State of Berlin, and Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, marks the pleasing progre

  9. German museums and exhibition centres remain very popular. Over 104 million museum visits in 2008 (03.11.2009)

    Museums in Germany reported a total of 104,852,334 visits in 2008. Although this represents a decrease of 2.3% compared to 2007, it is still the second-highest number of visits since the survey began in 1981. These figures have now been published by the Institute for Museum Research at the National

  10. The Tehran Collection. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Berlin (06.09.2016)

    From 4 December 2016, the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will be offering an insight into the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) in the Gemäldegalerie. The collection is unique in its composition and history: not only does it have one of the largest holdi