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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

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EUBAM: Working Group on European Matters for Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Historical Preservation EUBAM is an interministerial working group for European matters concerning libraries, archives, museums, and historical preservation. It addresses multidisciplinary questions about the approach to

Prussian Secret State Archives Glimpses of the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz Multiteaser headline Restoration of a map from the Gudwallen office of East Prussia from the eighteenth century © SPK / Pierre Adenis Restoring missing fragments of a document from the Prussian Ministry of

Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft The Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG) has had, from the time it was founded in 1898, close relationships to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. In 2012 the DOG and the SPK decided to collaborate even more closely. The collaboration thus far between the Deutsche Orient-Gese

31.08.2017 So Why Is It Taking So Long? Article Hanna Strzoda, provenance researcher in a project examining acquisitions for the “Sammlung der Zeichnungen” made between 1933 and 1945, and Anna Pfäfflin, curator for 19th-century art in the Kupferstichkabinett, describe the typical problems they encou

Acquisitions New items enter the Foundation's collections in various ways. Besides federal and state government funding, assistance from private collectors, public and private charitable foundations, associations of friends, and other entities is essential. Unlike the museums, the libraries make a p

Networks and Portals The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz is a participant in numerous networks with the purpose of structuring and coordinating digitization. The Foundation is also involved in developing national and international portals that provide worldwide access to digital cultural heritage

Ibero-American Institute Glimpses of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Multiteaser headline Reading room of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut © SPK / Pierre Adenis Concert in the reading room of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut © SPK / Pierre Adenis Slide collection of historical photographs of Lat

10.02.2026 SoNAR: Open data for historical network research Article Power, influence and social advancement are often based on invisible relationships. Historical network analysis can reveal such connections, but requires data that is difficult to access and scattered across numerous institutions. T