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The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag decided at its review meeting on 13 November 2014 to make 200 million euros available to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation over the coming years for the construction of a new Museum of Modern Art on Potsdamer Strasse. The Pietzsch, Marx and Marzon

Based on the recommendations of the SPK Reform Commission, the SPK Foundation Board today adopted the key points of the structural reform. The autonomy of the museums, libraries, archives and research institutions belonging to the SPK is to be significantly strengthened. At the same time, they are t

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Minister Presidents of the federal states have agreed on a new funding agreement for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) by circular resolution. According to the agreement, the federal and state governments will increase their annual contributions t

One year ago, the Act to Amend the Law on the Protection of Cultural Property came into force. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz draws a positive conclusion. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) considers the developments following the amendment of Germ

SPK president reacts to media reports that Nigeria’s departing President Buhari has transferred ownership of all objects to Oba Ewuare II, the successor to the kings of Benin. Last December, Foreign Minister Baerbock and the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, returned the

Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) took part in a visit to Nigeria organized by the German Foreign Office from May 17 to 21. He made the following statement on the discussions held there concerning the Benin Bronzes: "Our st

Yesterday's programme FAKT (ARD, 21.45 hrs) reported on allegedly new finds of human skulls from the colonial era, including in an alleged in a supposed "secret depot" of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Cultural Heritage Foundation. In 2014 and 2015, the SPK issued several press releases

Museum site, research campus, storage facility: on Monday, SPK President Hermann Parzinger discussed plans for Dahlem at a meeting of the Berlin House of Representatives’ Committee on Cultural Affairs. Parzinger declared that “the doors will remain open at the Dahlem museum site.” The Museum Europäi

At no time has the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation granted funds from the "NEUSTART KULTUR" coronavirus programme to itself or its institutions. "The coronavirus pandemic has also hit the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation hard. We were and are therefore grateful that the then Minister of S

Former Presidents and Vice Presidents Beginning in 1962, there are four former presidents of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz: Hans-Georg Wormit, Werner Knopp, Klaus-Dieter Lehmann and Hermann Parzinger. There are three former vice presidents: Peter Hofmann, Norbert Zimmermann and Günther Scha