9 April is Provenance Research Day

The international awareness day will take place for the seventh time this year.

6. April 2025

Contact

Do you have any questions?

Do feel free to get in touch with us directly – whether at the Foundation’s headquarters in Magdeburg or at our branch office in Berlin.
See here for answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ)

German Lost Art Foundation

Humboldtstr. 12
39112 Magdeburg
Germany
Phone:  +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail:  kontakt@kulturgutverluste.de
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German Lost Art Foundation Berlin Branch Office

Seydelstr. 18
10117 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail: kontakt@kulturgutverluste.de

The Help Desk offers advice and assistance to victims of the Nazi regime and their descendants on questions relating to Nazi theft of cultural property. Serving as a central and initial low-threshold point of contact in Germany, it is aimed in particular at people whose place of residence is outside Germany and who are unfamiliar with German procedures, especially in connection with cultural federalism. The Help Desk seeks to provide support in taking initial steps as well as providing further contacts and information. We will also be happy to help initiate discussions with museums and other institutions.

German Lost Art Foundation, Branch Office
Dr. Susanne Meyer-Abich
Head of Help Desk

Seydelstr. 18
10117 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 30 2338493 85
E-mail: helpdesk@kulturgutverluste.de

International Provenance Research Day will take place for the seventh time on 9 April 2025. More than 100 cultural institutions in eight countries have already confirmed their participation.

Once again this year, museums, libraries and other institutions with collections will be organising numerous in-person and online events. Currently involving more than 120 events, the wide-ranging programme focuses on topics relating to cultural property seized as a result of Nazi persecution, cultural goods from colonial contexts, and objects expropriated in the Soviet Occupation Zone/GDR, as well as the histories of items and collections in general.

The awareness day has been held on the second Wednesday in April every year since 2019.

For a summary and details of all activities relating to Provenance Research Day 2025, see the website of the Research Association for Provenance Research: https://www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/veranstaltungen/.

Registration is open until 9 April 2025!

All institutions involved in provenance research in the broadest sense are invited to take part, as well as provenance researchers worldwide.