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  1. Cultural Forum: The Piazzetta becomes Johanna and Eduard Arnhold Square (04.11.2024)

    The former piazzetta at the entrance to the museums at the Kulturforum was today named after Johanna and Eduard Arnhold. This commemorates the Jewish couple who patronised art, culture and science during the imperial era and the Weimar Republic. With the naming of the square, the museums at the Kult

  2. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz mourns the death of Egidio Marzona (16.03.2026)

    The Italian art collector and patron Egidio Marzona (born 1944 in Bielefeld) passed away on 15 March 2026 surrounded by his family and friends in Berlin. This was announced by his family today. For more than 50 years, Marzona amassed one of the most extensive collections of 20th century art. Parts o

  3. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation on the current restitution debate. Clarification of the provenance and restitution of Nazi-looted art remain key issues (14.04.2009)

    Commenting on the current restitution debate, Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, said: "As Norman Rosenthal rightly points out, the restitution of artworks cannot make up for the inconceivable crimes committed by the Nazi regime against the European Jews. Germ

  4. Foundation Board strengthens SPK's construction planning (02.12.2013)

    The Board of Trustees discussed the entire building programme of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in detail today. Financing and prioritisation were also discussed. As a result, it should be noted: The Board of Trustees expressly supports the projects included in the Foundation's catalogue

  5. More than sixty years after the end of the war, a Florentine Mannerist portrait of a lady finds its way back to Berlin (31.05.2006)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Commission for Looted Art in Europe have good news to announce: A small-format Florentine Mannerist painting that went missing in the turmoil of the Second World War has today been handed over to the Berlin Gemäldegalerie by the London-based Commissi

  6. Media worlds - knowledge, information and communication in the digital revolution (27.08.2014)

    As part of the event "Mediale Welten - Wissen, Information und Kommunikation im digitalen Umbruch", experts will discuss the consequences and development potential of digital communication technologies and the associated future changes to the world of work in the fields of science and research on 1

  7. Almost 100,000 euros in funding for the preservation of written cultural heritage at the SPK (14.08.2017)

    "East Prussian folios" and "Schriftkunst" receive protection The Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage will receive funding of 50,000 euros to protect the "East Prussian Folios" from the "Special Programme 2017 for the Preservation of the Written Cultural Heritage" of Minister of State

  8. German Cultural Heritage on the Road to Europe - Conference on 4 and 5 October at the Berlin State Library (30.09.2010)

    Europe's cultural and scientific heritage is preserved in numerous national cultural institutions. The EU has launched the "Europeana" project to facilitate access to this heritage. The internet portal www.europeana.eu links to around 12 million digital objects to date and is set to be significantly

  9. National research project ILLICID aims to investigate illegal trade in cultural property in Germany (04.03.2015)

    The illegal trade in cultural property in Germany is the focus of the new ILLICID research project. Over the next three years, this dark field will be analysed in detail. According to international organisations, profits from the illegal trade in cultural goods are an important pillar of organised c

  10. Online portal makes provenance research on the Rudolf Mosse Collection accessible / New acquisitions for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (02.05.2018)

    The collection of the Berlin publisher and patron of the arts Rudolf Mosse (1843-1920) comprised thousands of paintings, sculptures, artefacts, books and antiques. Almost one hundred years after the death of the Jewish art collector, more is now known about them than ever before and they have been p