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  1. “If you have findings, then you have to act on them.” (12.02.2018)

    On February 12, 2018, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, talked to the Tagesspiegel about the Humboldt Forum, ways of dealing with objects from the colonial era, and provenance research. The Humboldt Forum is due to open at the end of 2019. It will enable the col

  2. Acquisition History of the Troy Collection in Berlin (28.07.2021)

    Long-term conservation of Heinrich Schliemann's files The Koordinierungsstelle für die Erhaltung des schriftlichen Kulturguts (Coordination Office for the Preservation of the Written Cultural Heritage) (KEK) has made funds available for conservation work to secure the long-term survival of files lef

  3. Central Storage Facility of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

    Central Storage Facility of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin The building in Friedrichshagen will provide storage and workshops for various collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The shared location is expected to result in synergetic effects. Computer simulation of the entrance to the new b

  4. Construction Gets Under Way: A Sanchi Gate for the Humboldt Forum (18.11.2022)

    On November 17, 2022, construction work began on a replica of the magnificent eastern gateway of Sanchi in front of the Humboldt Forum. On the Lustgarten side of the Humboldt Forum, construction is currently under way on a replica of the magnificent eastern gate of Sanchi. Situated at a spot clearly

  5. Project launched to investigate the origin of human skulls (02.08.2017)

    For the next two years, the SPK is studying the exact origin of about a thousand skulls from the former colony of German East Africa. The Gerda Henkel Foundation is funding the project. Since 2011, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History) of the Staatliche Muse

  6. State Institute for Music Research

    State Institute for Music Research Glimpses of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Multiteaser headline School tour in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum © SPK / Pierre Adenis Aeolian player piano rolls © SPK / Pierre Adenis Folding travel harpsichord from the collection of Queen Sophie Charlotte

  7. Goethe-Institut

    Goethe-Institut In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, the Foundation implements cultural and educational projects. The goal of this collaboration is to help make the Foundation’s collections more visible internationally. Staged reading of Lessing’s The Jews as first part of the Goethe-Institut’s

  8. An Extremely Generous Gift: The Keys to Haus Bastian (12.03.2019)

    The keys to the future Center for Cultural Education of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin were handed over in a ceremony today The building designed by David Chipperfield Architects and located on Kupfergraben, an historical street in Berlin’s Museumsinsel district, was ceremoniously given to the Stif

  9. Angry Gauguin, E. T. A. Hoffmann's musical automata, and the life of Schliemann: the SPK's hits of 2022 (13.12.2021)

    Despite many pandemic-related restrictions, 2021 was a year filled with highlights. And the SPK network has more must-sees lined up for 2022. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Following the (re)opening of major venues in 2021 – Neue Nationalgalerie, the collections in the Humboldt Forum – the exhibition p

  10. Ägyptisches Museum Berlin is a partner of the new Akhenaten Museum (19.11.2019)

    A new museum is being born in Al-Minya, Egypt. Berlin is involved in the effort – SPK President Parzinger has signed a memorandum to that effect. The Ägyptische Museum und Papyrussammlung (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) is now