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The „Mosse Art Research Initiative“ (MARI) was presented to the public today. SPK is partner to the project which is an unprecedented initiative in provenance research. The collections of the publisher Rudolf Mosse (1843–1920) contained thousands of pictures, sculptures, art objects, books, and anti

SPK Magazine 2/2015: Go on, Cross the Border! The new issue of SPK Magazine reports on the reunification of the Berlin collections 25 years ago. It tells the stories of those who were there – people from the East and the West, from restorer to museum director. Issue no. 8 (2016), cover feature: 25 y

In the presence of the Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann and his Russian counterpart Sokolov, an exhibition was opened today at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow that is not only a milestone in the cultural-historical presentation of the early Middle Ages, but is also of eminent cultural-politi

The exhibition "Merovingian Period - Europe without Borders. Archaeology and History of the 5th to 8th Centuries" opens today in St Petersburg. St. Petersburg, where it will be on show until 16 August, is the second stop for the exhibition, which was already shown with great success from 13 March to

The 2011 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition was won by soprano Anna Lucia Richter from the Cologne University of Music and Dance in the vocal category. In the brass ensemble category, this year's prize went to the "Schwerpunkt" quintet from the Hanover University of Music and Theatre. Around si

On-schedule continuation of the basic refurbishment and extension of the Pergamon Museum with the start of the southern construction phase on Berlin's Museum Island Construction work on the second construction phase of the Pergamonmuseum is scheduled to begin in March 2025. The construction measures

Brazil was the most important destination for German-speaking emigrants in Latin America. In the anniversary year 2024, the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) looked back and ahead with the Brazilian Embassy and other partners. As a young man, Albert Richard Dietze (1838-1906) moved to Brazil from

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

Today, the SPK Foundation Board adopted a framework for the structural reform of the Foundation based on the recommendations of the SPK Reform Commission. The museums, libraries, archives and research institutions of the SPK will be granted significantly more autonomy. At the same time, they will pu

Numerous people from Germany and abroad visit and use the Foundation’s museums, libraries, and archives. Its offerings to impart culture and fulfill its task of educating are correspondingly broad. More on This Subject