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  1. Udo Kittelmann leaves the Nationalgalerie at his own request on 31 October 2020 (21.08.2019)

    Director headed the five-hall network for twelve years - SPK and SMB regret the move - Parzinger: His work will endure because he has made the Nationalgalerie a global player The Director of the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Udo Kittelmann , will not be extending his contract,

  2. Off to the East with laundry baskets

    02.02.2017 Off to the East with laundry baskets Article Suddenly in pole position: Dagmar Droysen-Reber on the new role of the State Institute for Music Research at the Kulturforum following the fall of the Berlin Wall. You know, on the day the Wall was opened, I’ll be perfectly honest with you, I s

  3. Opening of the Humboldt Box (29.06.2011)

    The new information centre on Schlossplatz presents the concepts of the National Museums in Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Berlin Central and State Library for the Humboldt Forum. The Humboldt Box is a temporary landmark: with changing exhibitions and events, it accompanies the conce

  4. Only a few days left until the start of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2017 (10.01.2017)

    On 18 January 2017, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will begin in this year's violin and piano trio categories. The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition lasts three days, with 35 violin students and 17 piano trios competing this year. The competitions start at 10

  5. Restitution of books from the State Library to Le Figaro (10.03.2022)

    SPK returns books confiscated during the Second World War to the French daily newspaper Le Figaro - Ceremonial handover at the embassy Today at the French Embassy in Berlin, the Director General of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Achim Bonte, returned 33 books to representatives of the French newspa

  6. SPK has returned human remains to Australia (05.12.2024)

    Human remains that were in the collections of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin were returned to Australia today, 5 December 2024. Together with the Australian Embassy, the Ethnological Museum organised a memorial service for the ancestors, who are now travelling home. They w

  7. Deutschlandfunk in the Humboldt Box (23.09.2015)

    Museum makers, collection managers, ethnologists, art historians and other protagonists of the Humboldt Forum tell their stories Deutschlandfunk has set up an "audio bar" on the second floor of the Humboldt Box, where visitors will be able to listen to the individual episodes of the 16-part radio se

  8. Guelph Treasure restitution proceedings: SPK appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States (20.09.2019)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lower court's decision in the United States. The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) has applied to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision of the lower court in the USA. In 2015, a lawsuit

  9. New director for the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts (08.12.2009)

    At its meeting today, the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation unanimously appointed Dr Sabine Thümmler as the future Director of the Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin. She will succeed Dr Angela Schönberger, who is retiring at the end of February

  10. SPK website revised: Focus on news and thematic dossiers (17.11.2016)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has further developed its website www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de and now presents itself online in a more up-to-date way and for the first time with an overview of what is happening throughout the Foundation. A "Newswall" on the homepage, topic dossiers an