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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Important donation: Egidio Marzona adds to his “encyclopaedia of the art of the 60s and 70s” (14.10.2016)

    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. The Whole World on One Island (24.02.2017)

    For the first time outside of the Villa von der Heydt: At their 2017 yearly press conference at the Altes Museum, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz demonstrated that all sights are set on the Humboldt Forum and highlighted the theme of digitalization. Long before the actual opening of the Humbol

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. In Memory of Erich Marx (09.09.2021)

    A moving memorial ceremony was held in the Hamburger Bahnhof by the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the family in memory of the great art collector Erich Marx, who died last year. Erich Marx died one year ago, at the age of 99. Today, around two hundred invited guests paid tribute to the grea