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  1. Vice President Norbert Zimmermann retires after 27 years of service at the SPK (29.07.2011)

    Norbert Zimmermann, who has held the office of Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) since 1997, retired today. Hermann Parzinger, the President of the Foundation, honoured him with the words: "An era is coming to an end for the SPK. Norbert Zimmermann has had a decisive

  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. Museum of the 20th Century: Parzinger appoints advisory board (29.11.2017)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) has set up an advisory committee to support the planning of the Museum of the 20th Century at the Kulturforum in Berlin - in agreement with the Chair of the Foundation Council, Minister of State Monika Grütters. This goes back to a suggestion made by t

  4. German-American Exchange Programme on Provenance Research: Apply now for 2019! And: Save the Date for Munich in October 2018 (03.07.2018)

    The German-American Exchange on Provenance Research will enter its third year after the upcoming autumn meeting in Munich. Interested parties can apply for 2019 until 28 September 2018. The "German-American Provenance Exchange Program for Museum Professionals (PREP)" is intended to help expand the m

  5. New image brochure of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published (30.01.2019)

    Secrets, conversations and walks through the SPK cosmos - Celebrities such as Bibiana Beglau, Tim Raue and Robin Ticciati guide us through their favourite pieces - Kuratorium Preußischer Kulturbesitz supports the publication designed by BUREAU Mario Lombardo The new image brochure "Once around the w

  6. New: SPK magazine published for the first time (11.09.2009)

    "Discover the SPK" is what Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, calls for in the editorial of the first SPK magazine, which was recently published. He says: "With the new magazine, we want to show the full diversity of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.

  7. Workshop on the exhibition concept for the non-European collections at the Humboldt Forum successfully concluded (08.04.2011)

    The International Advisory Board Humboldt Forum met for the first time from 6 to 8 April 2011. The expert committee consists of around forty renowned museum experts and academics from all continents. Its purpose is to provide critical support for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation's exhibitio

  8. Project launched to research the origin of historical anthropological skull collections at the SPK (05.10.2017)

    As part of a pilot project, the SPK has been researching the provenance of around a thousand human skulls from the former colony of German East Africa, which was located on the territory of the present-day countries of Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Mozambique, since the beginning of October. The pro

  9. 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

  10. German Bundestag passes new law on the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (31.01.2025)

    Parzinger: This is the keystone of our reform / New law to come into force on 1 December 2025 On Friday night (31 January), the German Bundestag passed a new law for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. SPK President Hermann Parzinger commented: "The new SPK Act is a decisive step towards guid