SPK cooperates with Moroccan museum foundation
News from 01/15/2026
Marion Ackermann signs memorandum of understanding with Fondation Nationale des Musées in Rabat – Cooperation planned in research, capacity building, and exhibitions
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation plans to collaborate more closely with Moroccan museums in the future. During a visit to Rabat today, SPK President Marion Ackermann signed a cooperation agreement with Morocco's Fondation Nationale des Musées (FNM). Joint research and exhibition projects are planned, as well as an exchange on cultural education.
Mehdi Qotbi, who signed the agreement on the Moroccan side as president of the FNM, explained: "We plan to collaborate in the areas of museums, cultural heritage, science, and culture. The joint work will focus on cooperation in research on collections of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, capacity building and cooperation in the field of education, as well as future joint exhibitions and event projects."
SPK President Marion Ackermann said: "It is impressive to see what the FNM has already achieved since its foundation in 2011, and I am very much looking forward to working with them. We have already learned a great deal from our Moroccan partners in our joint efforts to develop ways of presenting historical wax cylinder recordings of Moroccan prisoners of war, which are held in the phonogram archive of the Ethnological Museum. I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Goethe-Institut for its comprehensive support in this endeavor. I would like to expand such cooperation even further in the coming years."
The Fondation Nationale des Musées (FNM) was founded in 2011 to manage and develop Morocco's museums on behalf of the Moroccan state. The FNM currently comprises 21 museums open to the public throughout the country, including the Musée Al Batha des Arts de l'Islam in Fès, the Dar Jamaï (Musée National de la Musique) in Meknes, the Musée Mohammed VI d'art moderne contemporaine in Rabat, the National Museum of Weaving and Carpets in Marrakech, and the Kasbah Museum of Mediterranean Cultures in Tangier. Currently still under construction is the Musée du Continent, which in future is to serve as a hub for research, restoration, and conservation of art from the African continent far beyond Rabat.