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Long-time President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation passes away at the age of 87 - Parzinger: He was the President of Unity The long-standing President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Werner Knopp, passed away on 4 January 2019 at the age of 87. Born in Braunschweig, he ha

The aim of the SPK reform is to give all the Foundation’s institutions greater freedom to shape their own direction and make decisions. Action is now being taken: since the Foundation Board adopted specific key points in December 2022, the SPK reform has been gathering momentum. Whilst 2023 was prim

SPK and ZDF extend media partnership until the end of 2024 The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) is continuing its successful media partnership with ZDF. ZDF Programme Director Nadine Bilke and SPK President Hermann Parzinger today signed the extension of the cooperation until the end of 2

The Museum of Islamic Art of the National Museums in Berlin and the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony want to place the cultural diversity of Islam at the centre of their work - interview in the new SPK magazine with Nanette J. Snoep and Stefan Weber In their work, the Museum of Islamic Art o

Long-standing Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation dies at the age of 75 - Parzinger: A veteran of the SPK The former Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Norbert Zimmermann, is dead. He died last week in Berlin at the age of 75. Zimmermann served the f

What was the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation up to in 2019? From "Mantegna and Bellini" to Alexander von Humboldt's 250th birthday and the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Nationalgalerie building at the Kulturforum to over four million museum visits. The recently published annual report p

In future, a new funding body will support the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a partner: the Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees. The association of leading German commercial enterprises will provide financial support for SPK projects and assist the Foundation in the realisation o

The Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) today unanimously elected Prof Dr Marion Ackermann as President of the Foundation. She will head the foundation from 1 June 2025 and succeed Prof. Dr Hermann Parzinger, who has held the position since March 2008 and will retire

The German National Commission for UNESCO is celebrating its 75th anniversary – and its role is more relevant than ever. In this interview, Gero Dimter, Vice-President of the SPK and a member of the German National Commission for UNESCO, explains how closely global education and cultural policy are

To mark Hermann Parzinger’s departure as President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) and the appointment of his successor, Marion Ackermann, a symposium bringing together the SPK’s key research partnerships was held at the James Simon Gallery on 20 and 21 May 2025. The focus was pri