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  1. Transparent and Digital: 9,000 Historical Auction Catalogs Now Online (25.10.2019)

    The “German Sales” project makes indispensable sources available for provenance and art market research. As part of a joint digitization and indexation project, the Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin), the Heidelberg University Library, and

  2. SPK mourns Norbert Zimmermann (29.11.2021)

    Former vice president of the SPK dies at the age of 75 Norbert Zimmermann, formerly vice president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), passed away last week in Berlin at the age of 75. Zimmermann worked for the Foundation for almost three decades, also

  3. Restitution to Alaska Natives (16.05.2018)

    Ethnological Museum returns grave goods to indigenous peoples from Southwestern Alaska and plans further co-operation with Chugach Alaska Corporation. On May 16, Hermann Parzinger, president of Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK, Prussian Cultural heritage Foundation), handed over nine objects f

  4. Korean Cultural Center in Germany to support Museum für Asiatische Kunst (16.12.2021)

    The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz have signed an agreement that includes funding for a curator's position. The focus lies on research into the Korean collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The funds will go to

  5. Datenschutzerklärung gem. Art. 13 DSGVO für Bewerber*innen

    Datenschutzerklärung gem. Art. 13 DSGVO für Bewerber*innen Die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) legt großen Wert auf den Schutz Ihrer Daten und die Wahrung Ihrer Privatsphäre. Um zu gewährleisten, dass Sie in vollem Umfang über die Erhebung, Verarbeitung und Nutzung personenbezogener Daten im

  6. The Humboldt Forum in Fast Motion (19.08.2015)

    Not far from the Museumsinsel (Museum Island), a home for the cultures of the world is being created in the new Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace). In June 2015, two years after the cornerstone was laid, the topping out ceremony was held. Beginning in 2019, the planned Humboldt Forum in the reconstruc

  7. Worlds in the West Wing: Staatliche Museen open in the Humboldt Forum (22.09.2021)

    After years spent moving the collections of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, they are finally on show in the heart of Berlin, with an additional focus on their colonial contexts. Together with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister of State for Culture Moni

  8. 2019 visitor numbers for museums in Germany (18.01.2021)

    Figures reported to the Institut für Museumsforschung at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin amount to around 111.6 million visits during 2019. This corresponds to the high levels of previous years. Some 5,000 museums and 350 exhibition venues took part in the comprehensive statistical survey in 2019. T

  9. Reconsidering Schinkel’s Academy of Architecture (11.10.2016)

    Beginning in 2019, the Humboldt Forum will showcase the cultures of the world – but where in Berlin can museum-goers actually experience architecture? The SPK’s president, Hermann Parzinger, makes a plea for the completion of the historical center of Berlin. When the 175th anniversary of the death o

  10. Parzinger elected chancellor of the Pour le mérite order (07.06.2021)

    At its meeting on June 5, 2021 in Berlin, the chapter of the order held a regular election for the office of chancellor and the dual offices of vice chancellor. On June 5, 2021, SPK President Hermann Parzinger was elected chancellor of the Pour le mérite order. He succeeded the developmental biologi