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  1. Cooperation with Angola: More Transparency for Collections from Colonial Contexts (17.05.2022)

    Ceremony in Luanda celebrates opening of restoration department and handover of collection inventories from Berlin At a ceremony on May 17, 2022, the Angolan branch of the Goethe Institute presented the Angolan Ministry of Culture with a translation of the entire inventory, comprising several volume

  2. Campaign Juxtaposes Old and New: "Finally open again for ..." Celebrates Museum Reopening (08.06.2021)

    The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Musikinstrumenten-Museum are finally open to the public again. They are wooing visitors with 21 different advertisements around the city and on social media. The hygienic measures imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic are gradually being lifted, and

  3. Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vol. 51 / 2015

    Jahrbuch Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vol. 51 / 2015 Among the topics covered in the 51st issue are the challenges posed to museums by the current debate on immigration and closed borders, the Foundation's contribution to protecting cultural heritage, and the way ahead for the German-Russian Museum di

  4. PREP – German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program for Museum Professionals 2017-2019 (18.10.2016)

    The German-American exchange program PREP was established by the SPK and the Smithsonian Institution to foster the formation of networks between provenance researchers in both countries. PREP stands for German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program for Museum Professionals. The program is gea

  5. Directions to Villa von der Heydt

    Directions to Villa von der Heydt Villa von der Heydt is located in the Tiergarten district of Berlin. It is easy to reach by car as well as by public transport. Directions to the Villa von der Heydt © SPK / Tomek Kwiatosz Adress Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundat

  6. Apply now for PREP 2018! (15.06.2017)

    The German-American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) will hold its 2018 exchanges in Los Angeles and Munich. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2017 The three-year joint program run by the SPK and the Smithsonian Institution is aimed at provenance researchers, curators, archiv

  7. Services

    Services On our service pages, you can find information about data privacy, the use of the website, the site map and the masthead, as well as a list of people to contact in the SPK and directions for getting to Villa von der Heydt. If you require information about press photos, images for commercial

  8. Provenance Research and Issues of Ownership

    Provenance Research and Issues of Ownership The Foundation thoroughly investigates the provenance – that is, the origins – of the objects in its collections. This includes scholarly questions as well as clarifying questions of ownership. Questions of ownership can be clarified using the results of p

  9. Project launched to investigate the origin of human skulls (02.08.2017)

    For the next two years, the SPK is studying the exact origin of about a thousand skulls from the former colony of German East Africa. The Gerda Henkel Foundation is funding the project. Since 2011, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History) of the Staatliche Muse

  10. The Cases Are Becoming More Complicated (03.12.2018)

    Hermann Parzinger on the results of the “20 Years of Washington Principles: Roadmap for the Future” international specialist conference Together with the German Lost Art Foundation and Kulturstiftung der Länder, the cultural foundation of the German states, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussi