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  1. Continuation of the collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and SPK in the field of provenance research (20.02.2025)

    Creating structures for a young field of research - sharing knowledge worldwide. Collaboration, innovation and sustainability are at the centre of the renewed partnership for provenance research on Asian art The National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institut

  2. SPK Foundation Board Clears the Way for the Return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria (29.06.2021)

    In its meeting today, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) authorized SPK President Hermann Parzinger "to conduct, in the framework of the joint negotiations of the Federal Republic of Germany with the relevant authorities in Nigeria,

  3. Notturno Concert Series

    Notturno Concert Series “Notturno” is a cooperation between the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the SPK. It combines evening chamber concerts in various buildings belonging to the Foundation with exclusive tours of its collections. Notturno Concert in the Alte Nationalgalerie with the brass

  4. Talented young musicians take the stage (20.12.2021)

    From January 12 to 16, 2022, young musicians will compete in the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition in the piano and composition categories. This year, it is the turn of the best students in the piano and composition categories to compete in the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conserva

  5. Vaccination with art (04.06.2021)

    Works of art in Berlin's vaccination centers: large posters featuring objects from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin create a positive atmosphere. Since the beginning of June, large posters with art works from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin – Pr

  6. Purchase of Hamburger Bahnhof and Rieckhallen Complete (15.11.2022)

    Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz comments on the purchase of Hamburger Bahnhof and the neighboring Rieckhallen buildings by the German federal and Berlin state governments. “What wonderful news, a real triumph of cultural policy! The fact that the federal govern

  7. New Perspective, New Faces at the SPK (28.04.2022)

    At its annual reception in 2022 at the James-Simon-Galerie, the Foundation introduced several new faces and its plans for the future. On April 27, 2022, the SPK held its annual reception. The event took place in James-Simon-Galerie, where member institutions shared a glimpse of this year's activitie

  8. U.S. Appeals Court issues decision on GuelphTreasure art restitution lawsuit (10.07.2018)

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its decision on 10 July, ordering the U.S. District Court to dismiss the lawsuit against the Federal Republic of Germany while allowing the lawsuit to proceed against SPK. Hermann Parzinger, president of Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SP

  9. Restitution: SPK returns books to Le Figaro (11.03.2022)

    Books confiscated during World War II returned from the Staatsbibliothek to the French daily newspaper Le Figaro by the SPK On March 10, 2022, the Director General of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library), Achim Bonte, returned 33 books to representatives of the French newspaper Le F

  10. The Humboldt Forum in Fast Motion (19.08.2015)

    Not far from the Museumsinsel (Museum Island), a home for the cultures of the world is being created in the new Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace). In June 2015, two years after the cornerstone was laid, the topping out ceremony was held. Beginning in 2019, the planned Humboldt Forum in the reconstruc