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26.02.2026 Hidden Gems with Johannes Höper: A journey through ancient cities Article Johannes Höper has been head of the SPK’s internal audit department since April 2025. Together with his team, he helps to ensure that the foundation’s complex processes operate transparently, in compliance with regu

The two works "Dame im Coupé" and "Schutzmann im Winter" had been considered lost since their removal from storage during the Second World War. Now the Kupferstichkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin has succeeded in the sensational recovery of the two prints by Adolph Menzel (1815-1905). Aro

Insects threaten precious cultural assets worldwide. Since the publication of "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson in 1962, which documented the detrimental effects of pesticide use on the environment, more sustainable pest control technologies have been researched and developed. In recent decades, more

From 4 to 8 November 2024, the 4A_Lab invites you to the interdisciplinary academy "Ecological Entanglements across Collections - Plant Lives and Beyond" in Berlin. In dialogue with researchers, experts and an interested audience, ways of thinking about plant and non-human life forms will be examine

Her Excellency Yadir Salazar Mejía, Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia, and Hermann Parzinger, President of the SPK, today signed an agreement on the transfer of ownership of three ritual artefacts from the Kogi. They had been on loan to the SPK in Bogota since October 2024. The foundation had a

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities as well as the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities have decided to co-operate more closely in future. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, and Mohamed Ibrahim Ali, M

The foundation stone for berlin modern at the Kulturforum was laid on 9 February 2024 in the presence of Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth and the Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner. Other speakers included Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Danyal

The Second World War came to an end in 1945. This is commemorated by the exhibition “The Angel of History: Walter Benjamin, Paul Klee and the Berlin Angels 80 Years After the End of the War” at the Bode Museum, the site-specific installation “The Missing House” by Christian Boltanski in the Mitte di

The Second World War came to an end in 1945. This is commemorated by the exhibition “The Angel of History: Walter Benjamin, Paul Klee and the Berlin Angels 80 Years After the End of the War” at the Bode Museum, the site-specific installation “The Missing House” by Christian Boltanski in the Mitte di

Once again, the collector Egidio Marzona has surprised the Art Library of the National Museums in Berlin with a major donation. The 115 books and editions, 141 posters and around 1,000 invitation cards are an excellent addition to the Marzona Collection, which was acquired in 2002. Even then, Marzon