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On February 12, 2018, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, talked to the Tagesspiegel about the Humboldt Forum, ways of dealing with objects from the colonial era, and provenance research. The Humboldt Forum is due to open at the end of 2019. It will enable the col

Cluster of Excellence: “TOPOI: The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations” The Topoi excellence cluster is a research network with a focus on studies of antiquity. It combines the strengths and resources of six universities and research institutions in Berlin. T

SPK President hopes for „further progress towards solving the case“ of the Big Maple Leaf The President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Foundation), Hermann Parzinger, has thanked the Berlin police force for its „excellent detective work into the burglary at the Bode Mus

Office of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek This office represents the competence network of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek and supports its work. It has been located at the Stiftung since 2011. Dr. Julia Spohr Managing Director of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek +49 30 266 411433 Email Astrid B.

The subject of Kunst durch Kredit [Art as collateral ] (De Gruyter, 2017) is the purchase of some 4,400 works of art from the holdings of the Dresdner Bank by the government of Prussia on behalf of the Berlin museums in 1935. The book's author, Lynn Rother, examines this deal in the context of art h

Budget, finances, donations, exhibition and third-party funded projects The unit is responsible for the foundation's budget and accounting. It also coordinates the SPK's fundraising and third-party funding projects and their applications. Volko Steinig Head of Unit for Budget and Financial Services

Notturno Concert Series “Notturno” is a cooperation between the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the SPK. It combines evening chamber concerts in various buildings belonging to the Foundation with exclusive tours of its collections. Notturno Concert in the Alte Nationalgalerie with the brass

Staatsbibliothek Both of the Staatsbibliothek’s buildings have been subject to various construction and renovation measures for several years now. The concept of “One library in two buildings” is being implemented. Glass cube of the new general reading room of the Staatsbibliothek on Unter den Linde

Construction Projects Some of the foundation's buildings have shaped Berlin's cityscape for centuries. Many of them are architecturally significant monuments. The further development of its sites and the preservation of its buildings are a central concern of the SPK. Until German reunification, the

Vladimir Matveyev's gift to the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is valuable in more than one way: the two-ruble gold coin of Catherine the Great completes the set of coins from her reign. The permanent exhibition at the Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (