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The German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) will hold its 2018 exchanges in Los Angeles and Munich. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2017 The three-year joint program run by the SPK and the Smithsonian Institution is aimed at provenance researchers, curators, archiv

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

UNESCO World Heritage The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) possesses great treasures of the intellectual and artistic production of humankind. Several of them have been declared UNESCO World Heritage. The historical ensemble was declared a UNESCO World Herit

The „Mosse Art Research Initiative“ (MARI) was presented to the public today. SPK is partner to the project which is an unprecedented initiative in provenance research. The collections of the publisher Rudolf Mosse (1843–1920) contained thousands of pictures, sculptures, art objects, books, and anti

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

Das Leben in Schachteln Wie in einem nicht enden wollenden Labyrinth bahnen sich die einzelnen Wege durch Bücherschluchten, Treppenhäuser, Untergeschosse und schmale Gänge. Alle offenbaren sie dasselbe: eine Welt voller Geheimnisse, voller Hinterlassenschaften einer alten Zeit. Tagebücher, Briefe, Z

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

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

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,

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