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Clear Guidelines for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Some years ago, the Foundation adopted an internal policy on dealing responsibly with ancient artifacts. German law does not yet protect cultural property adequately. The SPK therefore advocates new cultural heritage legislation. The Foundatio

The Kulturforum is due to get a new building for a museum of the 20th century. Together with the refurbished Neue Nationalgalerie, it will form a closely integrated unit. The two buildings will enable the Nationalgalerie to present its important collection of twentieth-century art in a coherent way

The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung is the secret star of the new Netflix series "Unorthodox" – so before your next binge-watching session, why not check out what the institute itself has to offer online? By Julia Spinola If you’re planning on binge-watching Netflix to forget the pandemic aft

Dahlem When Germany was still divided, many of the museums in West Berlin were located in Dahlem. After reunification, a large number of collections were transferred to Mitte. In 2021 approximately 24,000 objects from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst moved to the Humbold

Das Leben in Schachteln Wie in einem nicht enden wollenden Labyrinth bahnen sich die einzelnen Wege durch Bücherschluchten, Treppenhäuser, Untergeschosse und schmale Gänge. Alle offenbaren sie dasselbe: eine Welt voller Geheimnisse, voller Hinterlassenschaften einer alten Zeit. Tagebücher, Briefe, Z

Berlin State Library Glimpses of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Multiteaser headline General reading room of the Staatsbibliothek building on Unter den Linden © SPK / Pierre Adenis Illustration from the Papilio Rumanzovia by Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz © SPK / Pierre Adenis General reading room of

Palmyra has been freed, but the civil war continues – and with it the threat to Syria's cultural heritage. To discuss its protection, UNESCO convened a conference of experts in Berlin early in June 2016. For Zoya Masoud, this was the perfect place to talk about humanitarian aid. June 8, 2016 Zoya Ma

In cooperation with the SPK and the Research Center for Material Culture of the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures, the German Lost Art Foundation is holding a digital conference on cultural assets from colonial contexts. The debate about returning cultural assets to former colonial areas is hi

Researching and Documenting Provenance The goal of provenance research is to clarify the origins of objects. It is a cross-disciplinary task for all the Foundation’s institutions. In several research projects, determining provenance is the sole task. The Spectrum of Tasks in Provenance Research Prov

Köpenick In the Treptow-Köpenick District of Berlin, there is an annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum. The central storage location for the Foundation’s institutions is being built there as well. Schloss Köpenick: The Annex of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Schloss Köpenick (Köpenick Palace) was used from 1963 o