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  1. The SPK and the World (3)

    12.01.2026 On the museum bus through Maharashtra The SPK and the World (3) Article SPK President Marion Ackermann writes in her column about the SPK’s international outlook. It appears regularly in *Politik & Kultur*, the newspaper of the German Cultural Council. Photo: SPK / photothek / Thomas Köhl

  2. Even a weather god needs a rain cape

    29.05.2024 Even a weather god needs a rain cape Article Three collections are being cleared out of the south wing of the Pergamon Museum. The museum has been closed since October 2023, and major refurbishment work is due to begin at the end of the year. This means that much of the collection – thoug

  3. The Magic of Tolerance

    25.10.2024 The Magic of Tolerance Article If the Museum of European Cultures didn’t already exist, it would certainly be worth inventing Let’s start with the colours. Around the university buildings in Berlin-Dahlem, it always looks as though it might rain. Not a shower or driving rain, but rather a

  4. National Gallery – what does that actually mean?

    03.06.2026 National Gallery – what does that actually mean? Our guest in the first SPK summer interview of 2026: Anette Hüsch Article In 2026, we will once again be interviewing key figures from the SPK at the foundation’s most beautiful locations to discuss the current state of affairs. This year,

  5. PREP: Slashes in a Feininger - tracking their history

    26.09.2017 PREP: Slashes in a Feininger - tracking their history Article MacKenzie Mallon works as the provenance specialist at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and is a participant of the German-American Exchange program on provenance research (PREP) this year. She told us about her recent research

  6. PREP: Secrets / Riddles / Questions on the backs of paintings

    08.09.2017 PREP: Secrets / Riddles / Questions on the backs of paintings Article Nancy Karrels is one of this year’s participants to the German-American Exchange program on provenance research (PREP). At the public event in Berlin on 27 September 2017, she will be talking about her exhibition on pro

  7. “In order to return something, you have to know where it comes from“

    18.08.2017 “In order to return something, you have to know where it comes from“ Article A project to establish the origins of East African human remains starts in October 2017 at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (MVF) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Bernhard Heeb, curator of the MVF and ma

  8. So Why Is It Taking So Long?

    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

  9. We’ve got to pull it off

    16.02.2017 We’ve got to pull it off Article 1990–1999–2017: Dagmar Neuland-Kitzerow from the Museum of European Cultures offers insights into and a glimpse of a museum in flux. You can imagine all the collection relocations following reunification as a giant jigsaw puzzle: during the GDR era, the Mu

  10. We’re here now too

    10.02.2017 We’re here now too Article Evelyn Klengel recounts how she made her mark as director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East. In the GDR, women were always supported; I never felt disadvantaged in that respect. On the contrary, I was able to gain qualifications and complete a degree, which