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Digitization Digitizing offers an opportunity to make the cultural and intellectual heritage of humanity accessible to everyone. The Foundation makes a great deal of information about its collections and their catalogs of holdings available online. In the Digitization Center of the Staatsbibliothek

Removal by Private Parties Numerous objects from the Prussian collections disappeared during the Second World War as a result of theft or plundering. The Foundation is researching the whereabouts of such works and is seeking their return to Berlin. In 2009, four paintings were returned to the Alte N

Acquisitions and Donations Acquisitions, indefinite loans, and donations enrich the holdings of the Foundation. All of the collections are continually supplemented in this way. The SPK ensures that the provenance of every new object is clarified. Eine der wichtigsten Schenkungen: Die Büste der Nofre

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

Central Storage Facility of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin The building in Friedrichshagen will provide storage and workshops for various collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The shared location is expected to result in synergetic effects. Computer simulation of the entrance to the new b

Notturno Concert Series “Notturno” is a cooperation between the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the SPK. It combines evening chamber concerts in various buildings belonging to the Foundation with exclusive tours of its collections. Notturno Concert in the Alte Nationalgalerie with the brass

Goethe-Institut In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, the Foundation implements cultural and educational projects. The goal of this collaboration is to help make the Foundation’s collections more visible internationally. Staged reading of Lessing’s The Jews as first part of the Goethe-Institut’s

Compensation and Performance-Based Bonuses The Tarifverträge des öffentlichen Dienstes (collective bargaining agreements regulating public-sector compensation) and all federal laws and regulations apply to the roughly 2,000 employees of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Herit

Structure The Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) has since 1957 formed the room for five institutions that preserve the former Prussian collections. Through the Foundation Board, the federal government and all the state governments are involved in the work and

Federal Exhibition Program The Federal Exhibition Program concerns museums and other cultural institutions in Germany. It offers them curated exhibitions from all the Foundation’s collections. The Federal Exhibition Program was founded in 1999 at the initiative of the President of the Stiftung Preus