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  1. The Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts Is Coming (14.11.2019)

    On November 14, 2019, the Budget Committee of the Bundestag approved the funds for a new building in the Kulturforum. The planned budget for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Museum of the 20th Century) of the Nationalgalerie (National Gallery) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in

  2. Europeana

    Europeana The Europeana portal is the central platform for the digitized and digital cultural heritage of Europe. It brings together more than 30 million digitized objects from around fifteen hundred cultural and scientific institutions. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heri

  3. Important donation: Egidio Marzona adds to his “encyclopaedia of the art of the 60s and 70s” (13.10.2016)

    The collector has once again surprised the Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin with a large donation. The books and posters complement the existing Marzona collection, which the SMB acquired in 2002. Egidio Marzona’s previous donation was already accompanied by an archive endowed to t

  4. Contract Signed With Herzog & de Meuron (05.02.2018)

    Now it is all signed and sealed: the Swiss architectural practice will see its design for the Museum des 20. Jahrhundert built on the Kulturforum. The entry by Herzog & de Meuron won the design competition for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Museum of the 20th Century) at the Kulturforum. The signi

  5. Cultural Assets Illegally Removed in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)

    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

  6. Tasks of National Interest

    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

  7. Voluntary Social Year

    Voluntary Social Year You can do your Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr (Voluntary Social Year) at the Foundation. There are positions available at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Two women doing their Voluntary Social Year in Culture at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin c

  8. Donating Funds and Works

    Donating Funds and Works All of the Foundation's facilities and areas of activity would be delighted to receive your donation: You can donate to the Foundation as an overall institution, to your favourite institution or collection or to selected topics and projects that are important to you! With yo

  9. Toi moko from the Ethnological Museum return to New Zealand (12.10.2020)

    A ceremony was held today at the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to prepare the mummified heads (Toi moko) of two tattooed Māori heads for their repatriation to New Zealand. Two toi moko from the Ethnological Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin return to New Zealand. T

  10. European Cultural Heritage Summit Agrees on Berlin Call to Action (22.06.2018)

    Europa Nostra, the German Cultural Heritage Committee and the SPK call for better use of cultural heritage potential – summit in Berlin with more than 70 events and 1500 guests The European Cultural Heritage Summit has agreed on a Berlin Call to Action: Europa Nostra, German Cultural Heritage Commit