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  1. Foundation Board lays the groundwork for management positions at the Staatliche Museen (24.11.2020)

    Gemäldegalerie director's position to be advertised – Nationalgalerie management to be split into three positions – Grütters and Parzinger thank Michael Eissenhauer On November 23, 2020, the Foundation Board of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, chaired by Minister of State for Culture Monika G

  2. Staatsbibliothek: Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Has a New Director (28.06.2022)

    Foundation Board selects Carolin Schreiber to head the Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Starting in the fall of 2022, Carolin Schreiber will head up the newly established Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library). The

  3. Close Cooperation with Colombia (16.09.2022)

    The SPK and the Colombian Embassy have begun discussions on two important masks of the Kogi indigenous people The Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) holds two masks of the indigenous Kogi people from the Sierra Nevada de Santa

  4. The Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts Is Coming (14.11.2019)

    On November 14, 2019, the Budget Committee of the Bundestag approved the funds for a new building in the Kulturforum. The planned budget for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Museum of the 20th Century) of the Nationalgalerie (National Gallery) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in

  5. U.S. Courts Lack Jurisdiction for Guelph Treasure Lawsuit, Appeals Court Confirms (17.07.2023)

    The Guelph Treasure has been the subject of an action for restitution in the United States since 2015. In 2022, the SPK's motion to dismiss the lawsuit was granted. The appellate court has now confirmed this decision. The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) of the Staatliche Museen zu Ber

  6. Lost sculpture from the Antikensammlung rediscovered in Russia (28.12.2016)

    The Calvatone Victory was displayed until 1939 in the Altes Museum on Berlin’s Museumsinsel and has been missing since the end of the war. Recently, it has been found in St. Petersburg, thanks to the work of researchers. The discovery was announced in an article in the scholarly journal of the St Pe

  7. 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

  8. SPK Commits to Climate-Neutral Culture (30.09.2022)

    SPK Joins Sustainability Action Network and Signs Sustainability Declaration for the Cultural Field Today, the SPK officially became a partner of the Sustainability Action Network in Culture and the Media (ANKM). The network is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

  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. 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