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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

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

Forschungscampus Dahlem nimmt Gestalt an Wie sollte der Forschungscampus Dahlem Ihrer Meinung nach aussehen? Am Grundriss konnte am Aktionstag jeder*r selbst mitgestalten. © SPK/photothek.de/Thomas Trutschel Was werden die Besucherinnen und Besucher des Forschungscampus Dahlem in den nächsten Jahren

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

Im Porträt: Freya Schlingmann, Leiterin des zentralen Projektsteuerungsteams bei museum4punkt0 Freya Schlingmann, Leiterin des zentralen Projektsteuerungsteams bei museum4punkt0 © Freya Schlingmann Dass Freya Schlingmann heute beim Verbundprojekt museum4punkt0 arbeitet, ist auf gewisse Weise der The

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

Patrons and Collectors Gifts and generous support from its patrons raised the profile of the SPK's institutions in their early years. Long-standing relationships with collectors are still contributing to superb exhibitions, research work, and new museum buildings today. James Simon (1851-1932), an i

A recent resolution of the UN Security Council has affirmed that the protection of cultural heritage is not just a cultural issue, but also a security problem. Markus Hilgert, director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, talks about the challenges this presents to the

The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung and the Musikinstrumenten-Museum are breaking new ground in outreach – Conny Restle and Thomas Ertelt talk to us about sonorous objects, Beethoven the freelancer, and the parking lot. The digital museum guide at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum (Museum of Music