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SPK President Hermann Parzinger on long-standing cultural relations with Russia and the fatal consequences of the Ukraine war SPK President Hermann Parzinger wrote this text earlier this week. We aren't going to update it, even if events have overtaken it, because it deals with the possibilities of

Ibero-American Institute Glimpses of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Multiteaser headline Reading room of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut © SPK / Pierre Adenis Concert in the reading room of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut © SPK / Pierre Adenis Slide collection of historical photographs of Lat

State Institute for Music Research Glimpses of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Multiteaser headline School tour in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum © SPK / Pierre Adenis Aeolian player piano rolls © SPK / Pierre Adenis Folding travel harpsichord from the collection of Queen Sophie Charlotte

In June 2016, the Foundation returned 384 books to a Masonic lodge. The SPK has previously returned other works to these “forgotten victims” of National Socialism Speaking at the handover ceremony, Hermann Parzinger, President of the SPK, pointed out that: “It was not only Jews that were persecuted,

Museum of 20th Century The Kulturforum is getting a new building: a museum of twentieth-century art. Along with the "Mies building", it will enable the Nationalgalerie to show its major collection of twentieth-century art in a coherent form at last. An architectural model of the Kulturforum shows th

Global Network for Protecting Cultural Heritage The Foundation is committed to international action in response to the worldwide threat to cultural heritage. A collaborative project is investigating illicit trade and devising new methods of protecting cultural assets. "Cultural Heritage in Danger: I

Conservation and Restoration Many highly specialized staff are employed throughout the Foundation to preserve vulnerable cultural heritage artifacts. They perform restoration or conservation work and prevent damage occurring. Preserving unique cultural objects: restore and digitize genealogical tabl

Cultural Education 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. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin offer children and young people of all ages a varie

Palmyra has been freed, but the civil war continues – and with it the threat to Syria's cultural heritage. To discuss its protection, UNESCO convened a conference of experts in Berlin early in June 2016. For Zoya Masoud, this was the perfect place to talk about humanitarian aid. June 8, 2016 Zoya Ma

museum4punkt0 is the name of a recently launched, cross-institutional “ideas laboratory“ for digital applications in museums. We spoke about it with Markus Hilgert, manager of the project and director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. What are your expectations of t