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Advisory Board
The Advisory Board has the task of advising the Board of Trustees, the President and, in future, the Executive Board on technical issues. It represents the external, independent expertise for the foundation's work.
The Advisory Board meets at least once a year, regularly in Berlin. The President attends its meetings. The Advisory Board formulates opinions and recommendations on museum, library and archive-related issues as well as scientific matters. These are not binding.
Composition
As part of the structural reform of the SPK, the SPK Advisory Board will also be reorganised. The Advisory Board was reappointed on 1 March 2025 and is now made up of domestic and foreign experts. Its maximum of 15 members work on an honorary basis. They are appointed by the Board of Trustees. Their term of office is five years and they may be reappointed.
Expert Committees
In future, specialised commissions will be set up to deal with cross-institutional issues. They will advise the SPK institutions on key technical, cultural and scientific policy issues. The specialist commissions are intended to deal with topics that are equally important for all institutions.
Current Advisory Board
Laurence des Cars
President of the Musée du Louvre
Special expertise in the subject areas: Universal museum, Europe, international museum engagement
Musée du Louvre
Didier Houénoudé
Art historian
Special expertise in the subject areas: African art, decolonisation
Richard Kurin
Advisor to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Special expertise in the subject areas: Cultural property protection and cultural heritage policy worldwide
Smithsonian Institution
Glenn D. Lowry
Director of The Museum of Modern Art
Special expertise in the subject areas: Art museum, digitality, international cooperation, expansion of resources
The Museum of Modern Art
Engelbert Lüdtke-Daldrup
StS a.D. bei Bund und Land Berlin
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Bauen und Sanieren, Architektur und Stadtplanung, Umsetzung öffentlicher Großprojekte
Dirk Messner
Präsident Umweltbundesamt
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Nachhaltigkeit, Wissenschaftsmanagement
Umweltbundesamt
Christoph Möllers
Rechtswissenschaftler
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Kunstfreiheit, Code of Conduct, Medienrecht
Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, insb. Verfassungsrecht, und Rechtsphilosophie
Richard Ovenden
Head of Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), Universität Oxford
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Bibliotheken, Digitalisierung, Interdisziplinarität
Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), Universität Oxford
Barbara Plankensteiner
Direktorin Museum am Rothenbaum (MARKK)
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Koloniale Kontexte, Dekolonisierung
Museum am Rothenbaum
Sandra Richter
Direktorin Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Literatur, Bibliotheken und Archive
Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska
Direktorin Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas
Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau
Michael Yahgulanaas
Künstler, Umweltaktivist und ehem. Sprecher der Haider First Nations (Kanada) sowie Sprecher der Global Cultural Assembly im Humboldt Forum
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Indigenität, Nachhaltigkeit
Michael Yahgulanaas
Mirjam Zadoff
Direktorin NS-Dokumentationszentrum München
besondere Expertise in den Themenbereichen: Erinnerungskultur, Vermittlung von Geschichte
nsdoku münchen
Olaf Zimmermann
Geschäftsführer Deutscher Kulturrat
besondere Expertise im Themenbereich: Zivilgesellschaft
Deutscher Kulturrat