News Archive
Results 1 to 10 of 84
First openings after relaxation of COVID-19 containment measures
04/23/2020 - Lending will be possible again in the SPK libraries from 4 May, reading rooms will remain closed. The museums are preparing to open individual houses.
Information on prevention measures for COVID-19 in SPK
03/10/2020 - SPK is closely observing current developments concerning COVID-19 and has set up a crisis team for this purpose. Details on the handling in the individual museums, libraries and...
Ägyptisches Museum Berlin is a partner of the new Akhenaten Museum
11/19/2019 - A new museum is being born in Al-Minya, Egypt. Berlin is involved in the effort – SPK President Parzinger has signed a memorandum to that effect.
The Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts Is Coming
11/14/2019 - On November 14, 2019, the Budget Committee of the Bundestag approved the funds for a new building in the Kulturforum.
Ready: Renovation of Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden is Finished
11/04/2019 - The keys to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in the building on Unter den Linden were turned over on November 4 after a renovation suitable for listed buildings. The ceremony marked...
Transparent and Digital: 9,000 Historical Auction Catalogs Now Online
10/25/2019 - The “German Sales” project makes indispensable sources available for provenance and art market research.
Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz statement on “Open letter: We demand free access to the museum inventories of African objects in Germany!”
10/17/2019 - Anyone who is objectively involved with the work of museums in Germany knows that they go to great effort to disclose their holdings and create transparency.
Chief Mangi Meli’s skull not in collections of Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
09/20/2019 - The genetic investigations on six skulls from the collection of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History (Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin)...
Two Medieval Predella Panels Restituted
08/30/2019 - The two predella panels were originally part of the collection of Jewish businessman Harry Fuld Sr. In 1940 they were bought for the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) of the...
A Crown for the Centerpiece of the Museumsinsel
05/03/2019 - Milestone in the complete renovation and extension of Pergamonmuseum: topping out ceremony for building phase A