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Researching and Documenting Provenance The goal of provenance research is to clarify the origins of objects. It is a cross-disciplinary task for all the Foundation’s institutions. In several research projects, determining provenance is the sole task. The Spectrum of Tasks in Provenance Research Prov

Köpenick In the Treptow-Köpenick District of Berlin, there is an annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum. The central storage location for the Foundation’s institutions is being built there as well. Schloss Köpenick: The Annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Schloss Köpenick (Köpenick Palace) was used from 1963 o

18.12.2017 Grave Goods From Alaska Article The SPK is returning nine objects from the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to the Chugach Alaska Corporation. We asked Monika Zessnik, the curator of the North America collection at the museum, how this came about. Ms. Zessnik, who

In cooperation with the SPK and the Research Center for Material Culture of the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures, the German Lost Art Foundation is holding a digital conference on cultural assets from colonial contexts. The debate about returning cultural assets to former colonial areas is hi

Felix Ostrowski has been the head of the Presentation and Information Management section of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin since September. After graduating in technical communication and working at the University Library Center of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Institute of Library and Information

SPK Magazine SPK Magazine reports on the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz in its full diversity. It offers an opportunity to speak to the people who address the numerous tasks of the Foundation with creativity and personal commitment and takes positions on issues of cultural policy. Heft 11 (2018)

08.09.2017 PREP: Secrets / Riddles / Questions on the backs of paintings Article Nancy Karrels is one of this year’s participants to the German-American Exchange program on provenance research (PREP). At the public event in Berlin on 27 September 2017, she will be talking about her exhibition on pro

Ceremony in Luanda celebrates opening of restoration department and handover of collection inventories from Berlin At a ceremony on May 17, 2022, the Angolan branch of the Goethe Institute presented the Angolan Ministry of Culture with a translation of the entire inventory, comprising several volume

A Greek vase thought to be lost has reappeared in Magdeburg. It belonged to the Antikensammlung before the war. From late May onward, it will once again be on show in the Altes Museum. The vase is around 30 cm tall with a white coating, the slip, on which the farewell of a warrior is depicted in onc

Human Resources Department The Human Resources Department is the contact person for all personnel issues at the SPK. Its spectrum of tasks includes personnel planning, hiring and development, employee care, and advising management . Martina Scheuermann Head of Human Resources Department +49 30 266 4