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  1. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin reopens Unter den Linden building (25.01.2021)

    The main building of the Staatsbibliothek was reopened today in a digital ceremony The main building of one of the world's most important libraries has been extensively renovated and modernized with the help of federal funds. The personnel of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library) are

  2. Acquisitions and Donations

    Acquisitions and Donations Acquisitions, indefinite loans, and donations enrich the holdings of the Foundation. All of the collections are continually supplemented in this way. The SPK ensures that the provenance of every new object is clarified. Eine der wichtigsten Schenkungen: Die Büste der Nofre

  3. Best Practice Recommendation on Open Access (10.12.2013)

    Digitization is associated with the question of free access to content on the Internet. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) signed the "Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities." On that occasion it published a recommend

  4. A Crown for the Centerpiece of the Museumsinsel (03.05.2019)

    Milestone in the complete renovation and extension of Pergamonmuseum: topping out ceremony for building phase A On May 3, 2019, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, SPK) and the Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (Federal Office for Building and Regional

  5. Newsroom

    Newsroom What is happening in the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation at the moment? Which issues are the SPK and its institutions addressing? All of the relevant content and links relating to news from Germany's largest cultural institution are brought together in the SPK newsroom: Here you can f

  6. In memoriam Peter Hofmann (13.09.2021)

    It is with deep sorrow that the SPK announces the death of its former Vice President at the age of 89. Peter Hofmann, former Vice President of the SPK, died in Berlin at the end of August. He was 89 years old. Hofmann worked for the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foun

  7. Coming to the world differently: The Humboldt Forum in the palace. A workshop view (08.07.2009)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin will be presenting concepts and methods for the Humboldt Forum on Berlin's Schlossplatz for the first time as future partners and stakeholders. As one

  8. Metropolises and megacities - once and now. An event in the Science Year 2012 - Future Project EARTH (06.09.2012)

    More than half of the world's population already lives in cities. The trend towards megacities is continuing. At the event "Metropolises and megacities - past and present" on 12 September 2012, experts will shed light on the phenomenon of urbanisation from a historical and current perspective and di

  9. The 'foreigner' and me: migration and integration as an opportunity. An event in the Year of Science 2013 - The demographic opportunity (22.05.2013)

    "Das 'Fremde' und ich - Migration und Integration als Chance" - this is the title of a panel of experts discussing demographic change from different perspectives on 30 May 2013 from 12 noon at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities at Gendarmenmarkt. The joint event organised by t

  10. Topping-out ceremony for the Lindenkuppel of the Berlin State Library (10.07.2013)

    Today, the construction companies working at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin's Unter den Linden site, together with the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, the Director General of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Barbara Schneider-Kempf, and the President of the