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  1. Welfenschatz: Court of Appeals confirms that US courts lack jurisdiction over 2015 lawsuit against SPK (15.07.2023)

    Following the unanimous decision of the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeal once again halts the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today affirmed the 2022 decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washi

  2. Restoration Day at the SPK on 19 October 2025 (30.09.2025)

    The European Restoration Day will take place for the eighth time on 19 October 2025. The SPK institutions will also be offering exclusive insights into studios and exhibitions Around 130 conservators work at the SPK to preserve the most valuable cultural assets - mostly behind the scenes. On Restora

  3. museum4punkt0 – Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future

    museum4punkt0 – Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future The museum4punkt0 joint project networked institutions of different sizes and orientations. The partners developed digital offerings for new ways of learning, experiencing and participating in museums. The aim of the project was to supp

  4. bpk-Bildagentur to Be Central Online Shop for Museums, Archives, and Libraries (14.03.2017)

    Funding approved by Monika Grütters will make the digitized images in the possession of all German cultural institutions more accessible In the future, it will be even easier for professional users to purchase images of cultural treasures. There will be a central distribution platform for high-quali

  5. New publication on provenance research into human remains from West Africa (22.04.2026)

    Almost 600 skulls from the former German colonies in West Africa were examined as part of a joint research project with partners from Togo and Cameroon. The recently published report documents the findings and lays the groundwork for the potential repatriation of the human remains. The Museum of Pre

  6. SPK to become climate neutral by 2035 (01.10.2021)

    A foundation-wide task force has developed a vision for an SPK that acts sustainably in ecological, social, and economic respects. It has appointed sustainability officers, who will take up their duties on 1 October. This year it has become abundantly clear – not least due to devastating floods, wid

  7. New Head of the Music Department of the Berlin State Library (01.02.2008)

    From 1 April 2008, Dr Martina Rebmann will take over the management of the music department of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, one of the most important collections of its kind in the world. This decision was taken by the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage

  8. Turkey's demand for the return of the Sphinx of Hattusha (25.02.2011)

    In connection with Turkey's demand for the return of the Sphinx of Hattusha, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, explains: "The Hittite sphinx from Bogazköy (Hattusha) has been the subject of demands for its return from Turkey since the 1930s. Since then, nothi

  9. Relaunch of the website of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (28.08.2013)

    The completely redesigned and updated website of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de) went online today. The launch marks an important step towards improving the Foundation's public image. The SPK's tasks and activities are now more tangible than ever before:

  10. Kokoschka "Pariser Platz in Berlin": Joint press release by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Commission for Looted Art in Europe (29.04.2014)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Commission for Looted Art in Europe are working together to clarify the provenance of Oskar Kokoschka's painting "Pariser Platz in Berlin". The Commission represents the family of Anna Caspari, a respected art dealer in Munich, who was deported from