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  1. Fashionable New Acquisition in the Kunstgewerbemuseum: A Kimono Dress by Designer Kenzō Takada (29.07.2021)

    A few weeks ago, a kimono dress created by Japanese designer Kenzō Takada was donated to the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. As fashion curator Katrin Lindemann explains, the garment was long forgotten by its owner before eventually making its way to Ber

  2. Das Leben in Schachteln

    Das Leben in Schachteln Wie in einem nicht enden wollenden Labyrinth bahnen sich die einzelnen Wege durch Bücherschluchten, Treppenhäuser, Untergeschosse und schmale Gänge. Alle offenbaren sie dasselbe: eine Welt voller Geheimnisse, voller Hinterlassenschaften einer alten Zeit. Tagebücher, Briefe, Z

  3. Locations of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz

    Locations of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) has its seat in Berlin. The many buildings of its institutions are found in various locations in the city. Some of them are historical sites of the Prussian collections.

  4. PREP: Secrets / Riddles / Questions on the backs of paintings

    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

  5. History of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz

    History of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) was founded in the Federal Republic of German in 1957. The background was the final dissolution of the State of Prussia ten years earlier. The issue of the ownership of it

  6. Arbeiten bei der SPK

    Arbeiten bei der SPK Die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz bietet Ihnen ein vielseitiges kulturelles Arbeitsumfeld, ein engagiertes Miteinander und die attraktiven Bedingungen des öffentlichen Dienstes. Mit rund 2.100 Mitarbeitenden zählt die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) nicht nur zu den

  7. Her Majesty on the Building Site (12.09.2022)

    Whenever she visited Berlin, Queen Elizabeth II showed an interest in the Staatliche Museen. In 2004, former SPK President Klaus-Dieter Lehmann gave the Queen a tour of Museumsinsel. By Klaus-Dieter Lehmann Riding in a wobbly construction hoist or taking the S-Bahn from Berlin to Potsdam is nothing

  8. New in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum: Instrument expert Christian Breternitz (07.07.2020)

    Organs, wind instruments and iPads: Christian Breternitz's apprenticeship and years of travel in the fascinating and diverse world of musical instruments. The instrument expert is the new research associate at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung. By Julia Spin

  9. 2019 visitor numbers for museums in Germany (18.01.2021)

    Figures reported to the Institut für Museumsforschung at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin amount to around 111.6 million visits during 2019. This corresponds to the high levels of previous years. Some 5,000 museums and 350 exhibition venues took part in the comprehensive statistical survey in 2019. T

  10. "Don't call me...": Joint Initiative Against Racism (10.05.2021)

    To mark Germany's Diversity Day on May 18, 2021, rbb, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are taking a visible stand against racism by projecting a social video series on the facade of the James Simon Gallery. Every day, people in Berlin and Brandenburg experie