Expert Committee of the Federal Government
Pursuant to Section 23 (1) of the German Act on the Protection of Cultural Property (Kulturgutschutzgesetz, KGSG), an export licence is required to export national cultural property on a permanent basis. Licences of this kind can be issued only by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media following consultation of the Expert Committee of the Federal Government. Applications for export licences will be refused if – after weighing up the circumstances of the individual case – serious and overriding concerns relating to Germany’s cultural heritage are deemed to exist.
A list of the individuals appointed to the Expert Committee of the Federal Government can be found below:
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Susanne Gaensheimer | Art Collection of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Prof. Dr. Marion Ackermann | Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation |
| Prof. Dr. Wiebke Ahrndt | Übersee Museum, Bremen |
| Klaus Gerrit Friese | Klaus Gerrit Friese Gallery |
| Prof. Dr. Helmut Friedel | KiCo Collection |
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Dr. Bernhard Maaz | Central Institute for Art History Munich |
| Dr. Hubertus Gaßner | Hamburg |
| Wolfgang Wittrock | Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel GmbH |
| Judith Irrgang | Frieder Burda Museum |
| Prof. Dr. Friederike Fless | German Archaeological Institute |