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Outdoor Spaces on the Museumsinsel The Master Plan provides for the outdoor spaces on the Museumsinsel to be connected to each other and attractively landscaped. The first stages of the design concept have already been implemented. The outdoor area between the Pergamonmuseum and the Alte Nationalgal

One year ago, the Act to Amend the Law on the Protection of Cultural Property came into force. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz draws a positive conclusion. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considers the developments following the amendment of Germ

SPK Magazine SPK Magazine reports on the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz in its full diversity. It offers an opportunity to speak to the people who address the numerous tasks of the Foundation with creativity and personal commitment and takes positions on issues of cultural policy. Heft 11 (2018)

Cultural Assets Illegally Removed in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) Cultural assets were also seized illegally from their owners in the GDR. Such cases are handled by government agencies set up specifically for that purpose. The Foundation assists these agencies by request. In 2007 returned pa

Cooperation with Scientific Institutions The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz cultivates close, long-term cooperation with scientific institutions in various disciplines. It collaborates with them on different projects. These cooperative projects are primarily concerned with making the Foundation’

Tasks of National Interest The Foundation often plays a central role in cultural tasks of national interest. They include, for example, preserving written heritage and the digitization of cultural heritage. The federal government can entrust the implementation of cultural tasks that are important to

Donations and Indefinite Loans The SPK’s budget allocation for acquisitions is modest. Thanks to donations and indefinite loans from private collectors or public institutions, the public can see masterpieces and unique objects not contained in the historical collections. © SPK/Thomas Trutschel/photo

Heiress donates comprehensive collection of original photographs, film material, manuscripts, letters, records, and documents – Kunstbibliothek and Staatsbibliothek to work through estate – cooperation with Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek being pursued – Parzinger: “The estate requires a special respon

European Cultural Heritage Year 2018 (ECHY) aims to increase the awareness and visibility of culture as a unifying element in Europe. On December 19, 2016, the project's five ambassadors presented it to the public. One of them was Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesit

Association of leading German private-sector companies to help the SPK modernize, improve efficiency, and raise its profile Thorsten Strauß, the Deutsche Bank AG representative on the Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the managing director of Thor Advisors GmbH, will continue to he