Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK)
Established
1957 (to be dissolved by 2025)
Mission
Acquire and protect the cultural legacy of the former State of Prussia
President
Hermann Parzinger[1]
Staff
2000[2]
Budget
€137.8 million (2020)[3]
Address
Von-der-Heydt-Straße 16-18
Location
Berlin
,
Germany
Website
preussischer-kulturbesitz.de
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (German: Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; SPK) is a German federal government body that oversees 27 museums and cultural organizations in and around Berlin, Germany. Its purview includes all of Berlin's State Museums, the Berlin State Library, the Prussian Privy State Archives and a variety of institutes and research centers. As such, it is one of the largest cultural organizations in the world,[4] and also the largest cultural employer in Germany with around 2,000 staff as of 2020. More than four million people visited its museums in 2019.[2]
The SPK was established in 1957 with the mission to acquire and preserve the cultural legacy of the former State of Prussia. Its current operations include the preservation and care of the museum collections and the continuation of academic and scientific research to encourage learning and understanding between different peoples.[5]
In July 2020, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Grütters announced that the SPK would be dissolved and converted into four independent foundations: State Museums, State Library, Secret State Archives and Ibero-American Institute.[6] This followed recommendations by the Science Council that the SPK was too unwieldy in its current form. As a result, a reform commission has been set up consisting of representatives from the federal government, several German states, the SPK Presidium and museum directors to implement the dissolution by 2025.[7]
^"Präsident und Vizepräsident". Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-07.
^ abHickley, Catherine (2020-07-08). "Panel recommends dissolution of 'dysfunctional' Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
^"Bundeshaushalt".
^Langels, Otto: "Constitutional Reality: 50 years of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation", in German, Deutschlandradio, 25 July 2007
^"SPK Einrichtungen" [Facilities of the Foundation] (in German). SPK. 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
^Brown, Kate (2020-07-14). "Germany Will Disband One of the Biggest Cultural Organizations in Europe in a Bid to Make Museums More Autonomous and Efficient". artnet News. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
^"Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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