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  1. “If you have findings, then you have to act on them.” (12.02.2018)

    On February 12, 2018, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, talked to the Tagesspiegel about the Humboldt Forum, ways of dealing with objects from the colonial era, and provenance research. The Humboldt Forum is due to open at the end of 2019. It will enable the col

  2. "museum4punkt0" starts: Ideas lab for digital applications in German museums (08.05.2017)

    Today sees the launch of "museum4punkt0 - Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future", one of the most visionary projects in the German museum landscape. In a joint virtual experimental space, the project partners are exploring the possibilities and opportunities offered by the latest digital t

  3. Transparent and Archaic: Jacques Herzog on the Preliminary Design of the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts

    11.10.2018 Transparent and Archaic: Jacques Herzog on the Preliminary Design of the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts Article Herzog & de Meuron, an architecture office in Basel, is designing the new Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts. Together with the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, they are refining the design t

  4. Conservation and Restoration

    Conservation and Restoration Many highly specialized staff are employed throughout the Foundation to preserve vulnerable cultural heritage artifacts. They perform restoration or conservation work and prevent damage occurring. Preserving unique cultural objects: restore and digitize genealogical tabl

  5. Foundation Board decides: Ralph Gleis will continue as director of the Alte Nationalgalerie (28.06.2022)

    This appointment completes the reorganisation of the Nationalgalerie network - Parzinger: Ralph Gleis has completely revitalised the Alte Nationalgalerie with an innovative and contemporary programme - Gleis: moving forward into the future with momentum Ralph Gleis will be the future director of the

  6. Exhibition design contract awarded for the Humboldt Forum (13.04.2012)

    The future Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace continues to take shape. Today, the Ralph Appelbaum / malsyteufel consortium was awarded the contract for the scenographic design of the exhibition areas in the Humboldt Forum: This means that work can begin on the presentation of the important collecti

  7. Angry Gauguin, E. T. A. Hoffmann's musical automata, and the life of Schliemann: the SPK's hits of 2022 (13.12.2021)

    Despite many pandemic-related restrictions, 2021 was a year filled with highlights. And the SPK network has more must-sees lined up for 2022. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Following the (re)opening of major venues in 2021 – Neue Nationalgalerie, the collections in the Humboldt Forum – the exhibition p

  8. Lending in the SPK libraries possible again from 4 May (23.04.2020)

    The SPK's museums, libraries and archives have been closed to the public for more than a month. The first steps towards reopening will be taken from 4 May 2020: In the State Library, the Ibero-American Institute and the State Institute for Music Research, media can once again be collected and return

  9. Project launched to investigate the origin of human skulls (02.08.2017)

    For the next two years, the SPK is studying the exact origin of about a thousand skulls from the former colony of German East Africa. The Gerda Henkel Foundation is funding the project. Since 2011, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History) of the Staatliche Muse

  10. Visitor figures for the museums in 2005 (21.12.2006)

    The Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz, together with the German Museums Association, has published the overall statistical survey of museums in the Federal Republic of Germany for the year 2005. The survey provides information on visitor number