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  1. Lost Work by Eduard Gaertner Returns to Kupferstichkabinett (24.03.2022)

    Work by Eduard Gaertner back in the Kupferstichkabinett: Believed lost in wartime, but recognized at auction; donated to the museum by its prospective seller. Eduard Gaertner’s Der Leipziger Platz in Berlin (1862) has recently been returned to the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings).

  2. We Do Not Forget (19.07.2017)

    Eighty years ago today, the Nazis opened their propaganda exhibition „Degenerate Art“ in Munich. The SPK sees it as her their duty to ensure that the horrors and effects of this defamatory and denunciatory event are never forgotten. SPK President Hermann Parzinger spoke about the National Socialists

  3. Restitution of Fritz Huf’s Sculpture by the SPK (28.03.2022)

    The sculpture "Ruhende Frau", by Fritz Huf, was restored to the heir of Hans (Jean) Fürstenberg and then purchased by the SPSG for the park at Schloss Schönhausen. On April 5, 2022, the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin) will t

  4. Important donation: Egidio Marzona adds to his “encyclopaedia of the art of the 60s and 70s” (14.10.2016)

    The collector has once again surprised the Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin with a large donation. The books and posters complement the existing Marzona collection, which the SMB acquired in 2002. Egidio Marzona’s previous donation was already accompanied by an archive endowed to t

  5. Generous Donation: Two Ruble Gold Coin Completes Set (14.11.2017)

    Vladimir Matveyev's gift to the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is valuable in more than one way: the two-ruble gold coin of Catherine the Great completes the set of coins from her reign. The permanent exhibition at the Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (

  6. Disputed heritage, shared responsibility (08.12.2020)

    Working with collections: the Freie Universität Berlin and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz enter into a strategic partnership. This is of crucial importance to the Dahlem Research Campus. Multimedia collections lie at the focus of the strategic partnership between the Freie Universität Berlin

  7. "Bronze Age - Europe without borders". Exhibition of artefacts from the Berlin Museum of Prehistory and Early History in the Hermitage that were taken away during the war (18.06.2013)

    On 21 June 2013, the exhibition "Bronze Age - Europe without Borders" will open at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin. It is a joint project between the Hermitage Museum, the State Historical Museum (Moscow), t

  8. Foundation stone laid for the James-Simon-Galerie on Museum Island Berlin (18.10.2013)

    Today, the foundation stone for the James-Simon-Galerie, the new entrance building on Museum Island, will be laid in the presence of Michael Odenwald, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, representing the Federal Government. Also present are Hermann P

  9. Toward Greater Diversity: SPK Signs Germany’s Charta der Vielfalt (01.03.2022)

    The SPK has signed the Charta der Vielfalt, Germany’s diversity charter. It hopes thus to strengthen awareness of diversity issues within the Foundation and in the exhibitions, events and other content it creates for the public. The SPK has signed Germany’s diversity charter, an industry-led initiat

  10. Lars-Christian Koch becomes Director of the Collections of the National Museums in Berlin at the Humboldt Forum (19.03.2018)

    Foundation Board unanimously elected the renowned ethnomusicologist today / Parzinger: Koch impresses with his expertise, experience and network The ethnomusicologist Lars-Christian Koch will become Director of the Ethnological Museum and soon also of the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums