Online information on project funding for research in the field of colonial contexts

The Department Cultural Goods and Collections from Colonial Contexts of the German Lost Art Foundation presents its activities and funding opportunities on August 15, 2024.

17. July 2024

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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

The department Cultural Goods and Collections from Colonial Contexts of the German Lost Art Foundation will present its activities and the funding opportunities at an online event on Thursday, 15th August 2024 from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. (UTC+2:00).

The German Lost Art Foundation was established as a civil-law foundation by the German federal and state governments and leading municipal associations on 1st January 2015. It is a national and international contact partner for all matters pertaining to the illegal seizure of cultural goods in Germany. The main activities focus on cultural assets confiscated by the National Socialists through persecution. Another field of activity is cultural property losses during the Soviet occupation and in the GDR.

As of April 2018, the Foundation is also active in the field of cultural goods and collections from colonial contexts. Since 2019 projects looking into the provenance of museum collections have been awarded funding, many of which are international collaborative projects.
The funding is aimed at institutions collecting, preserving or researching cultural goods and collections from colonial contexts. These include museums, universities and other research institutions. The funding explicitly aims to strengthen international cooperation and intensify exchange with regions and communities of origin.

At the Webex conference, we will provide information about the various funding opportunities, among others:

International collaborative and co-operation projects
Cross-institutional projects on collections, regions, actors or other contexts
Projects for the cataloguing and analysis of source material of central importance for provenance research
and new: search requests for the location of ancestral remains and/or cultural heritage artefacts

If you are interested to attend, please register for the event with Anna Wickes-Neira (anna.wickes-neira@kulturgutverluste.de) by Monday 12th August 2024. We will send you an email with the registration information shortly before the event.

The department Cultural Goods and Collections from Colonial Contexts is looking forward to sharing ideas and information with you!