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As a large cultural and scholarly institution, the Foundation offers young people numerous paths to a career. The SPK trains around 70 individuals annually offering various traineeships, internships and vocational and other training. More on This Subject

SPK President Hermann Parzinger on long-standing cultural relations with Russia and the fatal consequences of the Ukraine war SPK President Hermann Parzinger wrote this text earlier this week. We aren't going to update it, even if events have overtaken it, because it deals with the possibilities of

Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz Vol. 47 / 2011 Content unavailable We apologize that this content is available in German only. Das Jahrbuch widmet sich dem 350-jährigen Jubiläum der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, gibt Einblick in die vielfältigen Forschungsaktivitäten der Stiftung und ihrer Einricht

Preservation of Objects The Foundation takes great pains to preserve the objects in its possession. It records its collections in digital form and employs highly specialized restorers. Its research methods are in demand worldwide. Restoration of a woman’s silk hat (ca. 1850) for the permanent exhibi

In the art intervention The Other Nefertiti, two artists have published a 3D model of the bust of Nefertiti online – because, they say, the bust and its data are not accessible. How true is that claim? Jan Nikolai Nelles and Nora Al-Badri say on their website that they made the scan in the Neues Mus

The Foundation’s Separate Publications In addition to the regular publications like the yearbook and SPK Magazine, the President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz regularly publishes thematic and collection-based studies. They can be purchased from the Webshop and in the museum shops of the

The keys to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in the building on Unter den Linden were turned over on November 4 after a renovation suitable for listed buildings. The ceremony marked the end of the complete renovation and expansion of the complex of listed buildings, which is more than 100 years old an

President and Vice President The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz is prehistorian Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger. It has had three other presidents before him. Gero Dimter took up the office of vice president in 2019. The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Prof. Dr.

Volunteering Volunteer service is possible and welcome at all the Foundation’s institutions. If you are interested, apply directly to the institution where you would like to volunteer. In addition, you can volunteer for one of the numerous circles of friends and societies of supporters of the variou

SPK is returning human remains from the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte and grave goods from the Ethnologisches Museum to Hawaii. Edward Halealoha Ayau, Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) representative, explains what iwi kūpuna are and what their return to Hawaii signifies. What happens to the anc