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  1. "Collecting - Donating - Supporting. Jewish patrons in German society" (30.11.2006)

    On 11 December 2006, starting at 10 a.m. (all day) at the Kunstgewerbemuseum - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin PK Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, 10785 Berlin Not least against the backdrop of the current debate on the restitution of artworks, it seems appropriate to further research and publicise the enor

  2. New logos: Common image for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its five institutions (28.06.2011)

    From July 2011, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its five institutions (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Geheimes Staatsarchiv PK, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung) will appear with new logos that convey a uniform image. The

  3. Wartime Losses of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz

    Wartime Losses of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Second World War resulted in great losses to the Prussian collections. Much was destroyed. Many of the holdings that had been displaced for their protection did not return to the collections, for various reasons. The Second World War left

  4. Berlin State Library opens exhibition to mark 350th anniversary (03.03.2011)

    To mark its 350th anniversary, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is opening the special exhibition "A library makes history. 350 years of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin". For ten weeks, it will be presenting top items from its collections at nine stations. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian C

  5. SPK restitutes three works from the Littmann Collection (15.02.2023)

    Three works from the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen restituted, one of which remains in the museum as a gift from descendants On Wednesday, 15 February 2023, the SPK restituted three works from the Neue Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to the heirs of the lawyer Ismar Lit

  6. How do we build the future?" Annual report 2021 describes the internal change at SPK (30.06.2022)

    The 2021 Annual Report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has just been published. SPK President Hermann Parzinger writes in the editorial that the past twelve months have been characterised above all by "a longing for normality". Despite the pandemic-related impositions, many visitors onc

  7. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation restitutes alabaster relief - whereabouts in the Berlin Sculpture Collection secured (30.11.2009)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) recently returned a late medieval alabaster relief to the heiress of its former owner Harry Fuld Junior, the Magen David Adom UK (MDAUK), the English funding organisation of the Israeli aid organisation Red Star of David. However, the work, which was t

  8. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation restitutes work from the Haussmann Collection / Repurchase secures its place in the Kupferstichkabinett (06.01.2016)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation recently returned a work from the Kupferstichkabinett to the heiress of art collector Dr Fritz Haussmann. However, the allegorical drawing of the 18th century architect Jean Baptiste Broebes will remain in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, which acquired it f

  9. The Humboldt Forum in the palace: Coming to the world differently. A workshop view (10.06.2009)

    Exhibition at the Altes Museum, Museum Island Berlin, from 9 July 2009 to 17 January 2010 Press conference: Wed 8 July 2009, 11 a.m. Opening: Wed 8 July 2009, evening For the first time, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Z

  10. Michael Eissenhauer: “Comprehending the World in its Entirety “ (21.11.2017)

    On 25 November 2017 admission is free on the Museumsinsel and at the Kulturforum for the Activities Day “On the Way to the Humboldt Forum“. We spoke with Michael Eissenhauer, Director-General of the Staatliche Museen, about the upcoming convergence of cultures on show for free on 25 November as a fo