Advanced training programme on provenance research enters its eighth round: registration open until 18 August

The next advanced training course in the field of provenance research at the Weiterbildungszentrum der Freien Universität Berlin (FU) will be held from 11 October to 15 December 2023 with the support of the German Lost Art Foundation.

22. June 2023

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

Berlin
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) 391 727 763 0
E-mail: helpdesk@kulturgutverluste.de

Collection managers, curators, museologists, volunteers in all museum sectors, art trade employees, freelance provenance researchers, employees of museum associations and employees of collections can register until 18 August.

The certificate course in Berlin and Dresden is being offered for the eighth time. The programme has been continuously optimised in terms of the balance between theory and practice: half or all of the individual modules take place in museums where provenance research is conducted. In addition, exercises in which participants can apply what they have learned in practice form an integral part of the modules.

Once again, it has been possible to gain the services of established experts for the advanced training programme. They comprehensively convey all theoretical and practical knowledge and methods of provenance research relating to the different research contexts. Intense, practically oriented dialogue with specialists from museums and archives forms an essential part of the advanced training. The lecturers who introduce the topics and provide information about funding opportunities include not just Executive Chairman Prof. Dr. Gilbert Lupfer, but also Dr. Uwe Hartmann, Mathias Deinert and Cathleen Tasler (Department for Cultural Property Losses in Europe in the 20th century), as well as Dr. Larissa Förster, Dr. Jan Hüsgen and Sarah Fründt (Department for Cultural Goods and Collections from Colonial Contexts) of the German Lost Art Foundation.

Collaborative partnerships are maintained with the following institutions: Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

Information on advanced training and registration procedure