Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

{{short description|Group of institutions in Berlin, Germany}}

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{{Infobox museum

| name = Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

| logo = Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation SMB.svg

| image = Berlin Museumsinsel Fernsehturm.jpg

| caption = The Bode Museum on Museum Island

| former_name = Königliche Museen (Royal Museums)

| established = {{Start date|1823}}

| location = Berlin, Germany

| website = {{URL|https://www.smb.museum/en/home/|smb.museum}}

}}

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The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums) are a group of institutions in Berlin, Germany, comprising seventeen museums in five clusters; several research institutes; libraries; and supporting facilities. They are overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and funded by the German federal government in collaboration with Germany's federal states. The central complex on Museum Island was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1999. By 2007, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin had grown into the largest complex of museums in Europe.Langels, Otto: [http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/zeitreisen/649800/ "Constitutional Reality: 50 years of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation"], in German, Deutschlandradio, 25 July 2007 The museum was originally founded by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia in 1823 as the Königliche Museen (Royal Museums).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: History |url=https://www.smb.museum/en/about-us/history/ |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |language=en}}

The director-general of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is Floretine Dietrich.