Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
The foundation is the construction client, owner and operator of the Humboldt Forum. The foundation carries out cultural events, research projects and educational work, maintains a permanent exhibition on the history of the site and coordinates the interests of all actors in the Humboldt Forum.
The Humboldt Forum is a place of respectful exchange and equality for all individuals in their diversity.
The Humboldt Forum Foundation aims to represent and promote diversity within its programme, ensuring freedom of opinion, art, and science, and facilitating exchange based on mutual respect.
The Humboldt Forum Foundation evolves as a place of diversity, knowledge dissemination, and critical reflection, constantly seeking to navigate the tension between freedom of expression and art and other affected human rights. In our interactions with both our employees and audience as well as our partners, we continuously strive to find the best ways to ensure freedom of opinion, art, and science within their legally protected boundaries and to defend the inviolability of human dignity.
Our Task
At the center of our attention are the visitors who can attend analogue events, exhibitions, or educational offerings at the Humboldt Forum, surf through the collections digitally, or participate in live-streamed discourses. We act as hosts for all individuals who wish to enjoy the new center of Berlin over a coffee or after-work gathering in the Schlüter Courtyard. Additionally, we are responsible for the safe operation of the building, the maintenance of the premises, as well as monument care and conservation of the Palace Cellar.
Cultural Programme
In addition to the construction of the Humboldt Forum, the foundation prepares the cultural operations of the Humboldt Forum. Even before the opening, it organized temporary exhibitions and numerous cross-genre events on the Humboldt Forum’s topics troughout Berlin.
History of the Site
Presenting all facets of the site’s turbulent history — extending from the Middle Ages to the present day — is one of the foundation’s core responsibilities. Since early 2014, curators have been developing permanent exhibition spaces presenting a wide range of historical aspects by putting on display unique exhibits. Furthermore, collecting the history of the site and curating events, as well as publications and educational offers are core tasks.
Organisation
Die Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss wurde 2009 auf Beschluss des Bundestages von der Bundesregierung gegründet. Gefördert wird sie durch die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien sowie durch das Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen. Sie ist eine rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts.
In accordance with its articles of association, the foundation Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss exclusively and directly pursues a number of objectives for public benefit, promoting art and culture, education, global thinking and tolerance in all cultural fields, understanding between peoples, and the preservation and maintenance of cultural heritage sites.
The Humboldt Forum is a place of respectful exchange, plurality of voices, and equal rights for all people in their diversity. The Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss bears responsibility for ensuring that this space continues to evolve in the spirit of diversity, knowledge sharing, and critical reflection.
Executive Board
The Foundation is headed by the general director and chief executive officer Prof. Dr. Hartmut Dorgerloh, and the chief administrative and infrastructure officer, Christine Rieffel-Braune. The Executive Board reports to the Foundation Council.
Hartmut Dorgerloh
Director and Chief Executive Officer
The art historian, curator of monuments and cultural manager Prof. Dr. Hartmut Dorgerloh is general director and chief executive officer of the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss. After senior roles in the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur in the state of Brandenburg and as the founding director of the Haus der Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Geschichte in Potsdam, he was general director of the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg from 2002 to 2018. Since 2004, he has lectured as an honorary professor at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Christine Rieffel-Braune
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
The lawyer Christine Rieffel-Braune has been appointed to the board of the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss as of January 2021. After studying law in Osnabrück and Leiden, she gained over 25 years of experience in the administrative field. After holding various management positions in the science administration of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch, she became part of the board of the v. Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel and was responsible for human resources, legal affairs and real estate from 2015 to 2020.
Contact
Team
The Foundation’s team looks after the construction, operation and the cultural programme of the Humboldt Forum.
Dr. Kathrin Kollmeier (Head of Department)
Michael Thoma (Head of Department)
- Abteilung FM
Dagmar Hundertmark (Division Management Bauliches Facility Management) - Technisches Gebäudemanagement
Hans Drochner (Division Management) - Infrastrukturelles FM / Hausdienste
- Sicherheitsmanagement
Olcay Hayta (Head of Department)
- IT Service
Sebastian Duvinage (Division Management) - IT Business Service
Christian Möltner (Division Management)
Mirko Nowak (Head of Department)
- Team Presse
[email protected] - Team Publikationen
- Team Social Media
- Tourismus, Marketing, Vertrieb
Sönke Schneidewind (Division Management)
[email protected] - Besucherservice / Ticketing
Ute Behrmann (Division Management)
Sabine Kozinc (Head of Department)
- Sammlungsmanagement
Maike Völkel (Division Management) - Disposition und Produktion
Mary Aniella Petersen (Division Management) - Veranstaltungstechnik und -management
David Matthias Hornschuh (Division Management)
Han Song Hiltmann (Head of Department)
- Ausstellungen
Dr. Anke Daemgen (Division Management) - Team Digitales
- Geschichte des Ortes
Dr. Alfred Hagemann (Division Management) - Veranstaltungen
Jan Linders (Division Management)
Dr. Laura Goldenbaum (Head of the 2025 Annual Theme)
[email protected]
Franziska Sauerbrey (Head of Strategy Department)
Irene Knava (Head of Organisational Development Department)
Andrea Großkopf (Head of Department)
- Finanzen und Controlling
Anja Kliska (Division Management) - Justiziariat
Dr. Andreas Goeschen (Division Management) - Servicezentrum Medien
- Liegenschaftsmanagement
Toni Gilke (Division Management) - Personal
Judith Lehniger (Division Management) - Vergabe und Einkauf
Frank Wilhelm (Division Management)
- Generalintendant und Vorstandsvorsitzender
Kristin Bühnemann (Referentin Fundraising & Sponsoring)
[email protected]
International Network
In the the programmatic direction of the Humboldt Forum the foundation is supported by a team of international experts and a program advisory board. The foundation is also expanding its partnership with the Goethe-Institut.
There will be 20,000 exhibits on display in the Humboldt Forum; how can a deeper discussion be promoted, and orientation provided, amongst such an abundance? And how can visitors themselves actively participate, bringing new insights to the collections? These are the questions being addressed by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss as part of a network project entitled ‘museum4punkt0 – digital strategies for the museum of the future’. Under the title ‘The Humboldt Cosmos in the Digital Realm’, three sub-projects – Ping! The Museum App, Digital Storytelling Workshops and Object Talks – will create participatory and multi-perspective digital formats, which will be made available for anyone to use.
Toolkit “Hallo Hybrid” © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Foto: Stefanie Loos
After the Foundation and the Goethe-Institut organized a joint celebration on the 250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt at the Humboldt Forum on September 13 and 14, 2019, both partners are expanding their cooperation. The partnership serves the development of joint projects and should actively work in the political and civil society environment in Germany as well as in the partner countries. The partnership includes regular work meetings, mutual study visits, and the exchange of employees.
Committees
The Executive Board reports to the Foundation Council, the foundation’s highest decision-making body. The Foundation Council consists of representatives of the German Bundestag, the Federal Government, the State of Berlin, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Members of the Founding Council:
Ordentliche Mitglieder
Deutscher Bundestag
Michael Frieser, MdB (CDU/CSU)
Dr. Ottilie Klein, MdB (CDU/CSU)
Annika Klose, MbB (SPD)
Awet Tesfaiesus, MdB (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)
Dr. Götz Frömming, MdB (AfD)
Bundesregierung
Dr. Konrad Schmidt-Werthern, Leitender Beamter, BKM, Vorsitzender
StM’in Elisabeth Kaiser, MdB, BMF
Christina Beinhoff, Leiterin der Abteilung für Kultur und Kommunikation, AA
Land Berlin
Prof. Petra Kahlfeldt, Senatsbaudirektorin und Staatssekretärin für Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen
Alexander Straßmeir, Staatssekretär für Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt Berlin
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Prof. Dr. Marion Ackermann, Präsidentin der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Prof. Dr. Matthias Wemhoff, Direktor des Museums für Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal, Präsidentin der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Sophie Plagemann, Direktorin Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Ersatzmitglieder
Deutscher Bundestag
Dipl. -Ing Michael Kießling, MdB (CDU/CSU)
Ersatzmitglied für Michael Frieser
Johannes Volkmann, MdB, (CDU/CSU)
Ersatzmitglied für Dr. Ottilie Klein
Frau Nancy Faeser, MdB, (SPD)
Ersatzmitglied für Annika Klose
Marlene Schönberger, MdB (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)
Ersatzmitglied für Awet Tesfaiesus
Bundesregierung
Ingo Mix, Abteilung KM 1 Kunst- und Kulturförderung, BKM
Ersatzmitglied für Konrad Schmidt-Werthern
MDg Dr. Falk Goworek, Unterabteilung II C Teile des Bundeshaushalts, BMF
Ersatzmitglied für Elisabeth Kaiser
Vortragende Legationsrätin I Tanja Werheit, Leiterin K01 Strategie und Planung, AA
Ersatzmitglied für Christina Beinhoff
Land Berlin
Anina Böhme, Leiterin des Referats II A – Innere Stadt und Hauptstadtangelegenheiten
Ersatzmitglied für Prof Petra Kahlfeld
Herr Dr. Alexander Steinhilber, Leiter der Abteilung Kultur bei der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt Berlin
Ersatzmitglied für Alexander Straßmeir
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Gero Dimter, Vizepräsident der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Ersatzmitglied für Prof. Dr. Marion Ackermann
Prof. Dr. Stefan Weber, Direktor des Museums für Islamische Kunst
Ersatzmitglied für Prof. Dr. Matthias Wemhoff
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Niels Pinkwart, Vizepräsident für Lehre und Studium der HU Berlin
Ersatzmitglied für Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal
Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Sabine Stenzel, Managementdirektorin in der Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Ersatzmitglied für Sophie Plagemann
Ms. Elvira Espejo Ayca, Direcotor, National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore
Princess Marilyn Douala Bell, President of Doual’Art
Dr. Doryun Chong, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, M+ Museum
Dr. Paul Farber, Director, Monuments Lab
Mr. Patrick Flores, Chief Curator, National Gallery Singapore
Ms. Greta de Leon, Director, The Americas Research Network
Prof. Engelbert Lüdtke-Daldrup, Former State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Construction and Berlin Senate Building Administration
Prof. Barbara Plankensteiner, Director, MARKK – Museum am Rothenbaum
Dr. Stefan Schwartze, Vice President of Finance, Human Resources, and Infrastructure, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Dr. Mirjam Zadoff, Director, NS Documentation Center Munich
Mr. Olaf Zimmermann, Executive Director, Deutscher Kulturrat
Contact
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Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
+49 30 265 950-0
[email protected]Schloßplatz
10178 Berlin
Funding
The Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as well as the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community based on a decision of the German Bundestag.
