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  1. The Museum Berggruen is becoming more active, more diverse and more independent / The Berggruen family will support the Museum Berggruen with one million euros a year from 2025 (10.09.2021)

    The Museum Berggruen of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, which belongs to the SPK, will significantly expand its programme work and gain greater independence for this purpose. In order to make this possible, the Berggruen family will support the museum with one million euros a year once the refurbis

  2. Reform of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation finalised (01.12.2025)

    New SPK Act in force - Foundation Board elects Executive Board - Articles of Association and Rules of Procedure approved Weimer: SPK becomes future-proof and even more efficient - Ackermann: New Board of Directors will be responsible for the overall strategic direction in future The new law for the

  3. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation launches new research newsletter (27.03.2020)

    Every two months, the SPK aims to provide information on the diversity of its research projects: from basic research to provenance research, from material research to perception research - the Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees supports the new format The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz

  4. “We are a knowledge hub linking Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean” (30.03.2026)

    Christoph Müller has been working as a librarian at the SPK’s Ibero-American Institute (IAI) for almost 20 years. In this interview, he explains what makes the IAI and the work there so special, and what the SPK network can learn from its smaller institutions.

  5. 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

  6. The Secret State Archives PK opens: New website more user-friendly and up-to-date, reading room accessible again (12.05.2020)

    New layout, new structure, new content - the website of the Secret State Archives PK has been completely relaunched / Research room reopened to users on 14 May 2020 Following the recent amendment to the Berlin SARS-CoV-2 Containment Measures Ordinance, archives are now also allowed to reopen. The Se

  7. Homage to the furniture designer Erich Dieckmann - Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt and Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle prepare joint exhibition (05.05.2021)

    For the first time in over thirty years, a major exhibition will be dedicated to the furniture designer, Bauhaus member and Burg teacher Erich Dieckmann (1896-1944), which will be on show in Halle (Saale) and Berlin in 2022. Dieckmann, who became known for his type furniture programmes, worked in We

  8. Relaunch of the website of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (28.08.2013)

    The completely redesigned and updated website of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de) went online today. The launch marks an important step towards improving the Foundation's public image. The SPK's tasks and activities are now more tangible than ever before:

  9. US proceedings concerning the Guelph Treasure: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation files motion to dismiss lawsuit (30.10.2015)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is of the opinion that the action for the return of the Guelph Treasure is unfounded and cannot be brought before a U.S. court. - English version: please find PDF below German text - In February of this year, a lawsuit for the return of the Guelph Treasure w

  10. Top scientist Sharon Macdonald takes up research on the Humboldt Forum in Berlin (11.05.2015)

    The winner of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship will conduct research at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) on the museum presentation of knowledge and, in close cooperation with the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) and the Museum für Naturkunde (MfN), will also provide new im