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  1. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation becomes a full member (06.07.2011)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) has been elected a full member of the German Research Foundation (DFG). This was decided today at the DFG's General Assembly in Bonn. For Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, this decision is a great success and a

  2. Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage established: Leading companies support the work of the foundation (31.10.2014)

    In future, a new funding body will support the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a partner: the Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees. The association of leading German commercial enterprises will provide financial support for SPK projects and assist the Foundation in the realisation o

  3. Parzinger on the Cultural Property Protection Act: Illegal trade no longer a trivial offence (02.08.2017)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation sees positive developments following the amendment to the Cultural Property Protection Act, which came into force a year ago. The new law was the first to ban the import of antiquities without an official export licence from the country of origin, something

  4. Berlin State Library opens exhibition to mark 350th anniversary (03.03.2011)

    To mark its 350th anniversary, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is opening the special exhibition "A library makes history. 350 years of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin". For ten weeks, it will be presenting top items from its collections at nine stations. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian C

  5. Relaunch of the website of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (28.08.2013)

    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:

  6. Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio on five evenings in the Gemäldegalerie (08.12.2016)

    A very special Christmas experience: in five concerts between 25 December 2016 and 6 January 2017, the Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin presents Bach's Christmas Oratorio in dialogue with paintings from its collection and works of modern music. The six cantatas of the Christmas Orator

  7. Thorsten Strauß remains at the helm of the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage: Representatives of German business accompany the transformation of the SPK (12.06.2020)

    Thorsten Strauß, representative of Deutsche Bank AG on the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage and Managing Director of Thor Advisors GmbH, will continue to head the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage for another year. He was unanimously confirmed as Chairman at the end of M

  8. Change in the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage - Helen Müller succeeds Thorsten Strauß (18.05.2021)

    Helen Müller, Head of Cultural Affairs and Corporate History at Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, was elected as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees of Prussian Cultural Heritage on 11 May; her deputy is Stephan Frucht, Head of Cultural and Sponsorship Programmes and Artistic Director of the Siemens Art

  9. Argentine LELOIR Prize for Barbara Göbel, Director of the Ibero-American Institute (20.04.2022)

    On 19 April 2022, the RAICES and LELOIR prizes were awarded in Buenos Aires to four Argentinian and three international scholars. Barbara Göbel, Director of the Ibero-American Institute (IAI) of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), is one of this year's winners of the LELOIR Prize. The P

  10. The Design Lab at the Kunstgewerbemuseum: a platform for contemporary design (22.02.2023)

    The series supported by the Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz comes to an end this Thursday with a final event - the opening of the building at the Kulturforum remains a central theme After four years, the "Design Lab" discussion and lecture series at the Kunstgewerbemuseum ends this Thursday with