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  1. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation becomes a full member (06.07.2011)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) has been elected a full member of the German Research Foundation (DFG). This was decided today at the DFG's General Assembly in Bonn. For Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, this decision is a great success and a

  2. Vice President Norbert Zimmermann retires after 27 years of service at the SPK (29.07.2011)

    Norbert Zimmermann, who has held the office of Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) since 1997, retired today. Hermann Parzinger, the President of the Foundation, honoured him with the words: "An era is coming to an end for the SPK. Norbert Zimmermann has had a decisive

  3. Topping-out ceremony for the extension and remodelling of the Berggruen Museum of the Berlin National Gallery (20.09.2011)

    Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is celebrating the topping-out ceremony for the extension and remodelling of the Berggruen Museum in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In summer 2012, this home of the National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin will be reopened with around one thousand s

  4. Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts restitutes two works to the heirs of the art dealer Bachstitz (09.07.2013)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today returned two works from the Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin to the two grandsons of the art dealer Kurt Walter Bachstitz. The objects in question are a writing tablet and a bronze mortar from the Renaissance period. The obje

  5. Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage established: Leading companies support the work of the foundation (31.10.2014)

    In future, a new funding body will support the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a partner: the Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees. The association of leading German commercial enterprises will provide financial support for SPK projects and assist the Foundation in the realisation o

  6. Benin Dialogue Group agrees support for museum in Nigeria (23.10.2018)

    The participants of this year's meeting of the Benin Dialogue Group agreed last Friday that a new museum with a regularly changing exhibition of works of art from the former Kingdom of Benin should be established in Benin City. European and Nigerian museums will provide works of art on loan for this

  7. New image brochure of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published (30.01.2019)

    Secrets, conversations and walks through the SPK cosmos - Celebrities such as Bibiana Beglau, Tim Raue and Robin Ticciati guide us through their favourite pieces - Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz supports the publication designed by BUREAU Mario Lombardo The new image brochure "Once around the w

  8. Guelph Treasure restitution proceedings: Update (12.07.2019)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) will appeal to the United States Supreme Court to dismiss the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure on the grounds that the American courts lack jurisdiction. In February 2015, a lawsuit for the return of the Guelph Treasure was filed against th

  9. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation aims to be climate-neutral by 2035 (01.10.2021)

    New posts for sustainability officers created: Nina Schallenberg from Hamburger Bahnhof and Daniel Naumann from the Directorate General of the National Museums in Berlin take office on 1 October 2021 Not least the devastating flood disasters, forest fires covering enormous areas and increasing water

  10. Korean Cultural Centre in Germany supports Museum of Asian Art - Agreement signed to fund a curator position (15.12.2021)

    The Korean Cultural Centre in Germany under the direction of Mr Bongki Lee and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation have signed an agreement to intensify research with and on the Korean collection of the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin. The research activities supported in