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„Zusammen können wir einen großen digitalen Wissenskosmos aufbauen" "Ansicht von Messina und der gegenüberliegenden Küste von Kalabrien", Zeichnung von Karl Friedrich Schinkel, wohl um 1808/1809, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Inv.-Nr. SM 1a.4, 2011. Abb.: Staatliche Museen zu Ber

Forschungsnewsletter Sind die wiederaufgetauchten Bilder aus dem Gothaer Kunstraub echt? Was braucht es, um den Splintholzkäfer im Museum zu besiegen? Welchen Weg hat ein Objekt in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten genommen? Wie spielt man denn nun Beethoven richtig? Und warum war Alexander von Humboldt e

Central Service-Unit (ZSE) The Central Service Unit performs administrative and service tasks for the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. It is headed by Gero Dimter , who is also the permanent representative of the President. The ZSE as a service provider for SPK institutions The Central Services Un

German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) for Museum Professionals, 2017–2019 The German/American exchange program PREP was set up jointly by the SPK and the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose was to create a strategic network of provenance researchers in museums in both countrie

Conservation and Restoration Many highly specialized staff are employed throughout the Foundation to preserve vulnerable cultural heritage artifacts. They perform restoration or conservation work and prevent damage occurring. Preserving unique cultural objects: restore and digitize genealogical tabl

Global Network for Protecting Cultural Heritage The Foundation is committed to international action in response to the worldwide threat to cultural heritage. A collaborative project is investigating illicit trade and devising new methods of protecting cultural assets. "Cultural Heritage in Danger: I

Research Research activities at the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz focus on its own collections and questions associated with them. They involve nearly all of the humanities but also the social and natural sciences. Collection-Related Basic Research as Distinctive Characteristic All institutions

The Foundation’s Digitization Strategy As a multidisciplinary institution, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz has worked out a comprehensive digitization strategy for its museums, libraries, and archives. It defines tasks and priorities for the production of digital content. The Priorities for t

Researching and Documenting Provenance The goal of provenance research is to clarify the origins of objects. It is a cross-disciplinary task for all the Foundation’s institutions. In several research projects, determining provenance is the sole task. The Spectrum of Tasks in Provenance Research Prov

Köpenick In the Treptow-Köpenick District of Berlin, there is an annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum. The central storage location for the Foundation’s institutions is being built there as well. Schloss Köpenick: The Annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Schloss Köpenick (Köpenick Palace) was used from 1963 o