'Thinking Provenance, Thinking Restitution'
Workshop Series 2020-2021

Provenance Practices in Museums | A Roundtable Discussion

Monday 10 May 2021, 2-4pm (UK time)

This session includes brief talks, followed by a roundtable discussion, by museum professionals and academics who focus on provenance research in museums in the UK, Germany, France and Austria. Speakers will discuss specific provenance research projects – ranging from restitution of silver objects at the Bavarian National Museum to Nazi and colonial-era provenance at the Victoria & Albert Museum —that have posed interpretive and museological challenges. They will also present novel prospects for considering the relationship between provenance and restitution practices.

14:05 Welcome
Dr Mary-Ann Middelkoop & Dr Lucy Wasensteiner

14:10 Opening Remarks
Prof Christoph Zuschlag (Universität Bonn)

14:15 Presentations and Roundtable Discussion: 'Provenance Practices in Museums'
Chair: Dr Lucy Wasensteiner

Participants:
Dr Jacques Schuhmacher (Victoria & Albert Museum, London) 'A Washington Blueprint? The Lessons and Challenges of Nazi-looted Art and Colonial-era Artefacts'

Andrea Berger (Technisches Museum Wien) 'Provenance and Restitution in Museums and Collective Memory'

Dr Matthias Weniger (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich) 'The first project devoted to a search for heirs in Germany'

15:15 General discussion
15:45 Closing Remarks
Prof Nick Thomas (University of Cambridge)
15:50 Closure
Dr Mary-Ann Middelkoop & Dr Lucy Wasensteiner

The event will be held online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thinking-provenance-thinking-restitution-provenance-practices-in-museums-tickets-151973788693

The 'Thinking Provenance, Thinking Restitution' workshop series 2020-2021 is made possible
by funding provided by the DAAD Cambridge Research Hub for German Studies.

http://www.daad.cam.ac.uk/workshops/thinking-provenance-thinking-restitution