Arbeits­kreis Provenienzforschung

Today, on April 13, 2022, the Inter­na­tio­nal Pro­ven­an­ce Rese­arch Day will take place for the fourth time. So far, more than 120 insti­tu­ti­ons in Ger­ma­ny, Fran­ce, Ita­ly, the Nether­lands, Aus­tria, Switz­er­land and the USA have regis­tered their par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on. This year, muse­ums, libra­ries and other (coll­ec­­ti­on-mana­­ging) insti­tu­ti­ons are again offe­ring a lar­ge num­ber of face-to-face events.…

As a rese­arch net­work, the Arbeits­kreis Pro­ve­ni­enz­for­schung e.V. stands for inde­pen­dent, inter­con­nec­ted and trans­na­tio­nal rese­arch that oppo­ses racism, anti­se­mi­tism, per­se­cu­ti­on, war and vio­lence as well as the loo­ting, dis­pla­ce­ment and dest­ruc­tion of cul­tu­ral heri­ta­ge. In light of this, we join the many cul­tu­ral insti­tu­ti­ons and asso­cia­ti­ons in cal­ling for an immedia­te end to the war…

»The Hand­ling of Relo­ca­ti­on Goods of Jewish Emi­grants in Euro­pean Ports« is a con­fe­rence to which the Pro­ven­an­ce Rese­arch Depart­ment of the Ger­man Mari­ti­me Muse­um invi­tes you. It will take place in hybrid form on Octo­ber 7, 2021 at the Haus der Wis­sen­schaft in Bre­men (Sand­stra­ße 4/5, 28195 Bre­men). It is pos­si­ble to attend the…

The Slo­ve­ni­an art his­to­ri­an Bar­ba­ra Muro­vec is a spe­cia­list in art of the ear­ly modern peri­od and twen­tieth cen­tu­ry in Cen­tral and South-Eas­­tern Euro­pe. In her spe­ci­fic dealings with pro­ven­an­ce rese­arch and the EU HERA pro­ject Trans­Cul­tAA she has recent­ly expe­ri­en­ced a rejec­tion wit­hin the frame­work of Slo­ve­ni­an (rese­arch) poli­cy, which has had serious personal…

The “Pro­ven­an­ce Rese­arch Manu­al to Iden­ti­fy Cul­tu­ral Pro­per­ty Sei­zed Due to Per­se­cu­ti­on during the Natio­nal Socia­list Era” ser­ves as a prac­­ti­ce-ori­en­­ted tool­box for employees of muse­ums, libra­ries and archi­ves, for the art and anti­qua­ri­an book tra­de and for pri­va­te collections.