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  1. Intensified fight against illegally trafficked cultural property from Iraq: ICOM Red List of Emergencies supports the work of investigating authorities - Minister of State Böhmer hands over clay tablet to Iraqi ambassador (14.01.2016)

    The International Council of Museums (ICOM) has drawn up an emergency red list for Iraq to alert law enforcement and customs authorities, as well as collectors and dealers worldwide, to illegally traded cultural artefacts from this country. Such red lists contain examples of object types and categor

  2. What are the "beauties" of the Neues Museum? Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation at the Federal Foreign Office's "Moving People" forum (06.04.2016)

    From 13 to 15 April 2016, the "Moving People" forum will show what foreign cultural and educational policy is currently achieving, what topics it is addressing and how it should be developed further. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is also taking part in the extensive programme. As part of

  3. "Art through credit" - On the article "Berliner Blamage" in DER SPIEGEL, issue 45/2017 (07.11.2017)

    The book "Kunst durch Kredit" (De Gruyter, 2017) by Lynn Rother examines the purchase of around 4,400 works of art owned by Dresdner Bank by the State of Prussia for the Berlin museums in 1935 from the perspective of art and banking history. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) points out

  4. Johann Herzberg becomes Chief Information Officer for SPK (16.06.2020)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation gets a Chief Information Officer - Digital transformation is progressing In recent years, the SPK has taken numerous steps to develop further in the area of digitalisation. Since 2017, new measures have been initiated and a digital strategy developed for SPK

  5. Mittdeutscher Verlag launches new publication on the Bauhaus furniture designer Erich Dieckmann to accompany the exhibition (09.02.2022)

    The catalogue designed by Erik Spiekermann offers new research findings and takes a contemporary look at the work of the great designer Erich Dieckmann's role in National Socialism is also assessed for the first time. Aya Soika writes: "His biography thus represents the first publication on Erich Di

  6. Friends of the Museum Berggruen founded - plans to expand the museum (16.07.2007)

    The "Förderkreis Museum Berggruen Berlin e.V." was recently founded with the aim of further promoting and expanding the museum, which is part of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, through civic engagement. The founding members are Heinz Berggruen's heirs - his widow Bettina and his children

  7. World heritage erased: SPK magazine dedicated to the protection of cultural assets and published in a new layout (01.07.2015)

    Shortly after the Bonn Declaration on the protection of endangered cultural sites on the occasion of the 39th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the new SPK magazine reports on the threats to cultural treasures worldwide. "Our cultural heritage has been under threat for five years now.

  8. The new SPK magazine will be published on 7 July and asks about home: a magazine about everything that belongs to it (01.07.2016)

    Why the Berlin collections can provide answers to today's questions - Plus: Udo Kittelmann searches for home in his collections, Eugen Blume deciphers Beuys and Philipp Demandt visits the Zoo of Art once again What is home? A topic that is as hotly debated as Brexit or the outcome of the European Fo

  9. Provenance Research Day at the SPK (07.04.2020)

    The second International Day of Provenance Research will take place on 8 April 2020. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin have prepared numerous online contributions to provide an insight into the work of provenance researchers. Unfortunately, the planned events have ha

  10. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation moderately raises admission prices at the Kulturforum and the Alte Nationalgalerie (29.08.2025)

    At the turn of the year, admission to Friedrichswerder Church will also be subject to a charge - New entrance situations Kulturforum: From 1 October 2025, the price of the Kulturforum ticket, valid for all exhibitions and museums at the site, i.e. the Picture Gallery, Art Library, Museum of Decorati