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  1. Foundation Board strengthens SPK's construction planning (02.12.2013)

    The Board of Trustees discussed the entire building programme of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in detail today. Financing and prioritisation were also discussed. As a result, it should be noted: The Board of Trustees expressly supports the projects included in the Foundation's catalogue

  2. Ibero-American Institute receives international award for outstanding mediation and networking work (09.10.2014)

    The Ibero-American Institute (IAI) of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is the first German institution to receive the "Premio ASICOM-Universidad de Oviedo". It is being honoured for its outstanding educational and networking work on Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. Hermann

  3. World heritage erased: SPK magazine dedicated to the protection of cultural assets and published in a new layout (01.07.2015)

    Shortly after the Bonn Declaration on the protection of endangered cultural sites on the occasion of the 39th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the new SPK magazine reports on the threats to cultural treasures worldwide. "Our cultural heritage has been under threat for five years now.

  4. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and National Museums in Berlin with welcome programme for refugees (01.10.2015)

    Kuratorium Preussischer Kulturbesitz supports guided tour and workshop programme for children, families and adults. The National Museums in Berlin of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation invite refugees in Berlin to familiarise themselves with selected museums and offer free guided tours and wo

  5. SPK decides to return two Toi moko (02.09.2020)

    There are two mummified heads of face-tattooed Māori men (Toi moko) in the collections of the Ethnological Museum. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), to which the Ethnological Museum belongs, will return them to New Zealand. In autumn 2019, the Museum of New Zealand asked Te Papa Tonga

  6. Construction work begins on the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum (18.11.2020)

    Work is currently starting on site for the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum. The Haus der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin is being built according to plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Several measures are necessary to prepare the area for the construction work. The southbound l

  7. "Do we need another revolution?" SPK Annual Report 2020 on the pandemic and change published (17.06.2021)

    The 2020 annual report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has now been published, somewhat delayed due to the pandemic. The past year was particularly challenging for everyone and, of course, for the SPK - but despite all the adversity, it had its good moments. The important exhibitions, e

  8. On the death of Stephan Waetzoldt (28.05.2008)

    Prof. Dr Stephan Waetzoldt died on 25 May 2008 at the age of 88. He was General Director of the Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz from 1965 to 1983. With foresight and skill, he turned the museums in West Berlin, scarred by the division of the city and its collections, back into a cornersto

  9. Main prize of the Europa Nostra Award (14.06.2010)

    Last Thursday, the Neues Museum der Museumsinsel Berlin was honoured with one of the main prizes of the "European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award". The six "Grand Prix Laureates" were selected from a total of 139 projects submitted from 26 European countries. The jury was imp

  10. Scientific research confirms art-scientific image analysis - A relief from the Egyptian Museum Berlin and the current DNA analysis of the mummy of Tutankhamun (17.02.2010)

    The results of the DNA analysis of Tutankhamun's mummy just published by Zahi Hawass, Director General of the Egyptian Antiquities Authority, have a direct connection to the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection in Berlin. One of the most famous exhibits is the relief "Walk in the Garden", c. 1330