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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. The Magic of Beginnings: Julia Spohr (05.02.2020)

    Dr. Julia Spohr joined the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek as its administrative director at the beginning of January. Before that, she worked at the Saxon Memorials Foundation, among other places. Now back in her home city of Berlin, she talked to us about the first few days in her new job. “As the di

  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. Discussions Regarding Benin Bronzes in Nigeria (21.05.2021)

    Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) took part in a visit to Nigeria organized by the German Foreign Office from May 17 to 21. He made the following statement on the discussions held there concerning the Benin Bronzes: "Our st

  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. 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

  9. Careers

    Careers Career Highlights Multiteaser headline Voluntary Social Year : You can contribute to the cultural work of the SPK. Vocational Training : The SPK offers young people six different opportunities to train for careers. Traineeship : Such training is offered by the Foundation’s libraries and arch

  10. Sale of the Guelph Treasure in 1935 (06.01.2015)

    The Guelph Treasure is one of the most important collections of medieval ecclesiastical art. It has been subject to a restitution claim since 2008. In 2015, plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the U.S. that SPK believes has no merit. The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Founda