In its research the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg focuses on the following main areas. The Research Center Sanssouci both coordinates and fosters networks for national an
The ivory furniture set, created around 1640, had been commissioned by Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen. As Governor of the Dutch West Indies Company in Brazil, Johann Moritz was one of the main protag
The sledge’s runners are crowned by the bust of a Black man wearing a turban and star pendant on a gold chain. The object recalls carousels that had been designed for the great princely courts since t
In 1681, Otto Friedrich Graf von der Groeben (1656‒1728) entered into the service of the “Great Elector”, Frederick William of Brandenburg (1620‒1688). Before taking up this position, he had travelled
The so-called "Tip of the Kilimanjaro" – a small chunk of stone in the Grotto Hall at the New Palace, goes back to the first ascent of this massif by Hans Meyer in 1889. Meyer took a rock sample from
During their trip to America from 1799 to 1804, Alexander von Humboldt and his French colleague Aimé Bonpland spent several days at Mount Chimborazo in what is now Ecuador. In the foreground of the pa
This portrait of Margrave Karl Friedrich Albrecht (1705–1762), painted around 1745, shows a composition that was frequently used at the time: the ruling nobleman – usually the person who commissioned
The story of the rape of the married and virtuous Lucretia by the king's son Tarquinius, her rebellion against her attacker and her subsequent suicide is part of the founding myth of the Roman Republi
Formally, the bean game is a narrow table with several rounded hollows. It can be played with beans, stones, grains, shells, small pebbles or other items. The moves are made using mathematical strateg
The Palm House on Peacock Island was built from 1829 to 1831 according to designs by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It was made of glass and wood and was designed in a style that was partly Indian and partl
The two busts do not belong to the original interior design of King Frederick II’s summer palace, built from 1745 to 1747. They replace a similar black portrait pair, also made in polychrome marble, d
The two paintings called “Brazilian Virgin Forest” (1830) by Johann Moritz Rugendas are among the works created by the so-called “traveling artists” in the 19th century. Following the example of Alexa
