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Mar 17, 2020 · A researcher stopped working for a German museum after she says she lost faith in its commitment to return works with tainted provenances.
Jan 18, 2022 · By Milton Esterow. Jan. 18, 2022. When the Nazis invaded Greece in 1941, Julius Ringel, a major general in the German army, took an active role in initiating illegal excavations on the island of ...
1933–45 provenance. Share the page. Since 1997 the British Museum has been researching the provenance of its collections to establish whether works that had previously been stolen by the Nazis in the period 1933–1945 had unwittingly been acquired.
Oct 16, 2020 · The Netherlands should return looted art to its former colonies: That’s the official recommendation of an advisory committee to the Dutch government. After a year of research, including ...
Jul 23, 2021 · SMART NEWS. Why Germany’s Newly Opened Humboldt Forum Is So Controversial. Critics cite the Berlin museum’s ties to the country’s colonialist past. Nora McGreevy. Correspondent. July 23, 2021....
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The Great Court. The British Museum is one of the world's best-known and most-visited museums – and it's free and open to all. The history of the Museum helps us understand how and why it looks like it does today, but also gives an insight into the way in which collectors of the past viewed their world and how their knowledge of the world grew.
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Sep 25, 2015 · The British Museum is set to appoint a German art historian as its new director, according to reports. Hartwig Fischer, whose appointment has yet to be officially confirmed, would be the...
