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  1. "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

  2. Restitutions: Works Restored to the Descendants of Carl Heumann (04.07.2022)

    Several German museums have returned a total of five works of art that originally belonged to the collection of Chemnitz banker Carl Heumann. On July 4, five works of art from several German museums were transferred to the heirs of Chemnitz banker Carl Heumann at the Städtische Galerie (Municipal Ga

  3. New Head of Department: Organization, Budget and Financial Services, and Internal Services (10.06.2020)

    The Department of Organization, Budget and Financial Services at the Central Administration of the SPK is getting a new head. Dirk Ueckert will take up the position on July 1, 2020. Born in 1971 in Schleswig-Holstein, he has a wide range of knowledge and experience in the areas of work concerned. Ue

  4. 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

  5. Important donation: Egidio Marzona adds to his “encyclopaedia of the art of the 60s and 70s” (13.10.2016)

    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

  6. Provenance Research on the Mosse Collection (01.05.2018)

    A new media station in the Alte Nationalgalerie and an online portal with recent research results on the Mosse Collection were launched today in the presence of Roger Strauch, president of the Mosse Foundation. One year ago, the Mosse Art Research Initiative (MARI) was launched. The aim of MARI is t

  7. Guelph Treasure Art Restitution Lawsuit: SPK Appeals U.S. District Court Decision (21.04.2017)

    The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has recently decided on the admissibility of a lawsuit seeking restitution of the "Guelph Treasure". SPK appeals the decision. The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, or SPK) and the Federal Republic of Germany were n

  8. European Cultural Heritage Summit Agrees on Berlin Call to Action (22.06.2018)

    Europa Nostra, the German Cultural Heritage Committee and the SPK call for better use of cultural heritage potential – summit in Berlin with more than 70 events and 1500 guests The European Cultural Heritage Summit has agreed on a Berlin Call to Action: Europa Nostra, German Cultural Heritage Commit

  9. Acquisitions

    Acquisitions New items enter the Foundation's collections in various ways. Besides federal and state government funding, assistance from private collectors, public and private charitable foundations, associations of friends, and other entities is essential. Unlike the museums, the libraries make a p

  10. Stone Axes and a Bronze Sword — Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte Receives More “Finds” from the Ruins of the Former Kunstgewerbemuseum (17.05.2022)

    Nineteen bronze axes, a bronze sword, and fifteen stone axes have found their way back to the collection of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte. Some of these artifacts were probably part of the important Bennewitz Hoard. After the widow of Berlin-based painter Peter Grämer returned objects to th