Provenance research has become one of the main disciplines in museum work. It refers to investigations designed to retrace the history of an object, whatever its nature, from its creation or discovery. More specifically, it aims to establish changes in ownership and to ensure that the object has not been wrongfully seized from its rightful owner.
To a greater extent, it is designed by the Swiss Association for Provenance Research “as a critical approach to the historical context in which works of art, various artefacts and entire collections were acquired. This includes an analysis of Swiss cultural policy, acquisitions in public and private collections as well as transnational interdependencies of the transfer of cultural heritage, in particular in the context of injustices linked to colonization or the National Socialist regime”.
The CAS in “Provenance Research” is designed to train museum professionals and, more broadly, individuals working in the cultural sector to meet the new thematic and methodological challenges, providing them with practical and theoretical knowledge and a global vision of themes related to colonial contexts and property looted during the National Socialist period.
For additional information and registration, visit: www.cas-recherche-provenance.ch/en
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