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Contact Information for the Central Administration The central administration handles matters concerning the Foundation as a whole and is the central provider of services for the Foundation’s institutions. This section provides contact information for a selection of personnel in the central administ

The German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) will hold its 2018 exchanges in Los Angeles and Munich. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2017 The three-year joint program run by the SPK and the Smithsonian Institution is aimed at provenance researchers, curators, archiv

In the Treptow-Köpenick District of Berlin, there is an annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts). The central storage location for the Foundation’s institutions is being built there as well. More on Köpenick

The Foundation’s Digitization Strategy As a multidisciplinary institution, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz has worked out a comprehensive digitization strategy for its museums, libraries, and archives. It defines tasks and priorities for the production of digital content. The Priorities for t

Outdoor Spaces on the Museumsinsel The Master Plan provides for the outdoor spaces on the Museumsinsel to be connected to each other and attractively landscaped. The first stages of the design concept have already been implemented. The outdoor area between the Pergamonmuseum and the Alte Nationalgal

Press Photographs The current press photos of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz are available for download. In the archive you can also see older press photos. You are free to use at no charge the press photos provided on this page for current reporting. Please always include the complete copyr

The interior of the Humboldt Forum is coming along nicely. A generous grant from the Kuratorium Preussischer Kulturbesitz has made it possible to commission Wang Shu – one of the most significant architects in China today – to design the space for exhibiting Chinese imperial court art from the colle

The budget committee of the Bundestag recently decided to support the Berliner Gipsformerei with a grant of 520,000 euros. We spoke with Miguel Helfrich, director of the long-established replica workshop, about why that's important and what the money will be used for. Mr. Helfrich, what is it that m

It has taken three separate shipments to bring the original wall paintings from Dahlem to the Humboldt Forum, where over the next few months they will be brought together in a partial reconstruction of the Cave of the Sixteen Sword Bearers – the first time that they can be seen as a unified composit

Cultural Assets Illegally Removed in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) Cultural assets were also seized illegally from their owners in the GDR. Such cases are handled by government agencies set up specifically for that purpose. The Foundation assists these agencies by request. In 2007 returned pa