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Volume 47 of the Yearbook of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has just been published. It documents the diverse, high-profile activities of the Foundation and its five institutions in 2011, with a particular focus on the anniversary of the State Library, the Humboldt Forum, classical studie

Following extensive historical research, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the heirs of Prof Dr Curt Glaser have agreed on the return of four works from the former collection of Prof Dr Curt Glaser to his heirs. Prof Dr Curt Glaser, a medical doctor, prominent art historian, art critic,

A few days ago, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) returned the painting "Nazareth - the Youth of Jesus" by Albert Hertel to the Berlin Cathedral as the previous owner. The work had been in the care of the Alte Nationalgalerie since the end of the war in 1945. It is listed as a work by

The Coordination Centre for the Preservation of Written Cultural Heritage will deal with issues relating to the preservation of written collections in archives and libraries at a national level. It was set up by the federal and state governments on the initiative of the Minister of State for Culture

Volume 46 of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Yearbook documents the successful work and high-profile activities of the Foundation and its five institutions in 2010, focussing on the areas of building, exhibitions, research, acquisitions and cooperation. The Kolonnadenhof was ceremoniously reopened as

At its meeting on 9 December 2011, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation unanimously elected Dr Joachim Jäger as the new Deputy Director of the Nationalgalerie and Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Jäger, born in Munich in 1963, hol

To coincide with the topping-out ceremony for the new Berlin Palace, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is publishing a magazine focussing on the outstanding collections of African, Oceanian and American art and culture that will be on display at the Humboldt Forum from 2019. The 60-page maga

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 completely redesigned and updated website of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de) went online today. The launch marks an important step towards improving the Foundation's public image. The SPK's tasks and activities are now more tangible than ever before:

Five public cultural institutions join the Berlin Declaration on Open Access and publish their conditions with the best practice recommendation. On 19 November 2013, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, the Federal Archives,