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  1. Works from the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Skulpturensammlung restituted to Oppenheim heirs (22.01.2018)

    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

  2. Repurchase of a Kirchner etching after restitution (16.08.2017)

    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

  3. Here’s to Good Neighbors! (19.06.2017)

    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

  4. Foundation Board

    Foundation Board The Foundation Board is the supreme political decision-making organ of the Foundation. The federal government and all sixteen federal states are represented on it. It elects the President and approves the annual budget. The Foundation Board meets twice a year in Berlin as a rule. Th

  5. 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

  6. Sam Bardaouil und Till Fellrath named Directors of Hamburger Bahnhof (10.09.2021)

    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

  7. 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

  8. Generous support for the Museum Berggruen: Berggruen family to donate one million euros a year from 2025 onward (10.09.2021)

    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

  9. Privacy notice according to Art. 13 GDPR for participation in videoconferences with the WebEx application

    Privacy notice according to Art. 13 GDPR for participation in videoconferences with the WebEx application The recording of a video conference and the subsequent use of the recording are only permitted with the express consent of all participants. Secret recording is punishable as a violation of the

  10. Is East only East and West only West? (16.10.2017)

    The New Neighbors have arrived on the Museumsinsel. Giving an evening lecture in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Yuko Nakama, a Japanese expert on Caspar David Friedrich, inquired into the huge popularity of the great master of German Romanticism in Japan, analyzing the similarities and differences that e