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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

Exchange with indigenous representatives from the Brazilian Amazon region of Xingú at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) On October 18, 2024, indigenous representatives of the Waurá and Kuikuro from the Brazilian Amazon region of the Rio Xingú visited the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI). Au

As part of the “Arquivo Kamayurá” project, representatives of the Kamayurá culture visited and documented ethnographic-historical objects of the Kamayurá culture in European museums and also visited the IAI. On March 10, 2025, Kanawayuri Marcello Kamayurá and Auakamu Kamayurá visited the Ibero-Ameri

Representatives of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Museu Nacional met in Rio de Janeiro to discuss future opportunities and challenges for museums, libraries and archives. On September 2, 2018, the 200-year-old National Museum o

Representatives of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Museu Nacional met in Rio de Janeiro to discuss future opportunities and challenges for museums, libraries and archives. On September 2, 2018, the 200-year-old National Museum o

The SPK Lab is looking for users of cultural heritage data who can help us draw up and implement new formats to encourage use of the digital material in our collections and holdings, whether by scholars, artists, or others working outside academia. Would you like to help us find the best ways of mak

From May 2023, the website of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) will have even more cultural treasures to discover. The DDB now has more than 45 million cultural objects on virtual display from the digital collections of approximately 780 cultural and knowledge institutions. The Deutsche Digita

Digital toolbox and inspiration. In the course of digitization, other museums benefit from the diverse experience gained through collaborative work The pandemic and its consequences in daily life are acting as a magnifying glass that highlights the challenges of digitization. Institutions of all kin

The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek is to receive funding through the German government's NEUSTART KULTUR funding program, for the user-oriented restructuring of the library. The Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) brings together the digital collections of cultural and scientific ins

Starting in October, Johann Herzberg will be responsible for the strategic development of IT for all digital services and content offered by the SPK. Hermann Parzinger, President of the SPK: “In Johann Herzberg, the SPK has gained a strategically focused IT manager who is also familiar with the admi