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  1. New Year Gets Underway with a Major Logistical Effort (17.12.2020)

    Although the Humboldt Forum had only a digital opening yesterday evening in view of the coronavirus pandemic, work is nevertheless proceeding at full steam in the museums. Toralf Gabsch, chief restorer at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) and responsible for the move of the Ethnolog

  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. The Foundation’s Separate Publications

    The Foundation’s Separate Publications In addition to the regular publications like the yearbook and SPK Magazine, the President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz regularly publishes thematic and collection-based studies. They can be purchased from the Webshop and in the museum shops of the

  4. Issues of Ownership

    Issues of Ownership Over the course of history, objects have found their way into the Foundation’s holdings whose origins have not been completely clarified. The Foundation aims to establish who owns these objects. The National Socialist policy of persecution and the Second World War are the primary

  5. "Don't call me...": Joint Initiative Against Racism (10.05.2021)

    To mark Germany's Diversity Day on May 18, 2021, rbb, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are taking a visible stand against racism by projecting a social video series on the facade of the James Simon Gallery. Every day, people in Berlin and Brandenburg experie

  6. Here I realize what it means to be human (09.04.2019)

    The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung and the Musikinstrumenten-Museum are breaking new ground in outreach – Conny Restle and Thomas Ertelt talk to us about sonorous objects, Beethoven the freelancer, and the parking lot. The digital museum guide at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum (Museum of Music

  7. Guelph Treasure: Court Decision (01.04.2017)

    U.S. District Court Issues Decision on Guelph Treasure Art Restitution Lawsuit Against SPK and Federal Republic of Germany. Several components of the Motion to Dismiss were granted, others denied. The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, or SPK) and the Federal R

  8. Institutions and Services

    Institutions and Services The foundation brings together 25 institutions: museums, libraries, archives and research institutes. The Central Service Unit is the central service provider for the institutions in administrative matters. The facilities include a museum, archive and library. They also com

  9. Here’s to Good Neighbors! (19.06.2017)

    On the way to the Humboldt Forum with new neighbors: even during the relocation process, highlights from the Museum für Asiatische Kunst and the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are on display, making a guest appearance on the Museumsinsel as heralds of the Humboldt Forum. Th

  10. Restitution Request “Welfenschatz” (13.01.2014)

    The 42 objects of the so-called Welfenschatz (Guelph Treasure) in the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) have been the subject of a restitution request since April 2008. The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) has carried out extensive research since