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SPK Institutions 25 institutions unite within the Foundation: museums, archives, libraries and research institutions The institutions include the museum, archive and library fields. They also include a variety of research institutes, the Gipsformerei (Replica Workshop), and the the bpk Bildagentur /

The founders of the multidisciplinary curatorial platform Art Reoriented will jointly lead the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum for Contemporary Art – Berlin of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) as Directors from January 1, 2022 At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees of the

The SPK has worked successfully with the heirs to reach a good solution for Nazi-confiscated cultural property. Margarete Oppenheim (1857–1935) owned one of the largest art collections in Germany. A fair and just solution in accordance with the Washington Principles has been agreed for a total of el

Rathgen-Forschungslabor The internationally networked Rathgen-Forschungslabor examines objects ranging from ancient times to the present day. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to clarifying matters of preservation, material, origin, and forgery. The seated figure of Hetepnjaus from the Ägyptisc

The Museum Berggruen of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, part of the SPK, will significantly expand its program work, to which end it will be granted greater autonomy. To this end, the Berggruen family will support the museum with one million euros annually after renovation work is completed, probab

Former Presidents and Vice Presidents Beginning in 1962, there are three former presidents of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz: Hans-Georg Wormit, Werner Knopp, and Klaus-Dieter Lehmann. There are three former vice presidents: Peter Hofmann, Norbert Zimmermann and Günther Schauerte. Klaus-Diet

The SPK has returned nine works of art to the heirs of the Jewish businessman and collector Eugen Moritz Buchthal. It has repurchased an etching by E. L. Kirchner for the Kupferstichkabinett. Lawyer Lothar Fremy, who represents the heirs, said: "The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultu

museum4punkt0 is the name of a recently launched, cross-institutional “ideas laboratory“ for digital applications in museums. We spoke about it with Markus Hilgert, manager of the project and director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. What are your expectations of t

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

On the way to the Humboldt Forum with new neighbors: even during the relocation process, highlights from the Museum für Asiatische Kunst and the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are on display, making a guest appearance on the Museumsinsel as heralds of the Humboldt Forum. Th