foundation

Foundation purpose

The foundation’s purpose is the advancement and preservation of art and culture in the State of Hesse. Specifically, its duty is to support museums, libraries and archives through the purchase, protection and preservation of especially valuable cultural assets, art objects and collections of outstanding importance. It is moreover in a position to promote important projects for the documentation and presentation of art and history to the extent that they are of special interest, and carry out programmes in support of young artists (Art. 2 of the foundation charter).

Areas of assistance

The Hessische Kulturstiftung’s funding activities are directed exclusively towards museums and comparable non-commercial institutions of the fine arts, e.g. art societies, libraries and archives. Assistance is provided for the following activities:

Exhibitions
Publications
Purchases

Board of Trustees

Chairman

Minister President Volker Bouffier, Wiesbaden

Vice-Chairwoman

Minister of State Eva Kühne-Hörmann, Wiesbaden

Further members

Minister of State Dr. Thomas Schäfer, Wiesbaden
Minister of State Jörg-Uwe Hahn, Wiesbaden
Dr. Eduard Beaucamp, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Ludwig Georg Braun, Melsungen
Hans-Dieter Brenner, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Susanne Gaensheimer, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Klaus Herding, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Christa Lichtenstern, Berlin
Stefan Quandt, Bad Homburg
Prof. Dr. Klaus Schrenk, München

Board of directors

Chairman

Dr. Rolf-E. Breuer, Frankfurt am Main

Vice-Chairman

Staatssekretär Ingmar Jung, Wiesbaden

Office

Eva Claudia Scholtz

Executive director

Friedegund Zschunke

Assistant to the executive director