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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.
Specialist commissions
The Foundation sets up specialised commissions to deal with cross-institutional issues. These commissions advise the institutions of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation on key technical, cultural and scientific policy issues.
The expert commissions deal with topics that are of overarching importance for all institutions.
Current Advisory Board
Laurence des Cars (Vice-Chair of the Advisory Board),
former President of the Musée du Louvre,
internationally renowned museum expert,
Musée du Louvre
Didier Houénoudé
Art historian at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin, and holder of the UNESCO Chair in ‘Returns and Restitutions of African Cultural Heritage’
Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC)
Richard Kurin
Richard Kurin, renowned scholar and Special Ambassador of the Smithsonian Institution, who has extensive experience in the fields of
cultural heritage and international cultural policySmithsonian Institution
Glenn D. Lowry,
former Director of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),
an expert in contemporary art with particular expertise in fundraising,
The Museum of Modern Art
Engelbert Lütke Daldrup Former
State Secretary at federal and Berlin state level
; particular expertise in the areas of construction and renovation, architecture and urban planning, and the implementation of major public projects
Dirk Messner
President of the Federal Environment Agency;
particular expertise in the areas of sustainability and science management;
Federal Environment Agency
Christoph Möllers (Chair of the Advisory Board)
Legal scholar
and future Rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Chair of Public Law, in particular Constitutional Law, and Philosophy of Law
Richard Ovenden
Head of Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford
Special expertise in the following areas: libraries, digitisation, interdisciplinarity
Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford
Barbara Plankensteiner
Director of Museum am Rothenbaum – Cultures and Arts of the World (MARKK) and expert on colonial contexts and decolonisation practices
Museum am Rothenbaum
Sandra Richter
Director of the German Literature Archive Marbach
Special expertise in the following areas: literature, libraries and archives
German Literature Archive Marbach
Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska (Deputy Chair of the Advisory Board)
Director of the German Historical Institute in Warsaw;
particular expertise in the following areas: History of East Central Europe
German Historical Institute in Warsaw
Michael Yahgulanaas
Artist, environmental activist and former spokesperson for the Haider First Nations (Canada) as well as spokesperson for the Global Cultural Assembly at the Humboldt Forum
Special expertise in the following areas: Indigenous issues, sustainability
Michael Yahgulanaas
Mirjam Zadoff
Director of the Munich Documentation Centre for
the History of the Nazi Regime Special expertise in the following areas: culture of remembrance, history education
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