Spurensuche: Workshop zum Tag der Provenienzforschung

In the organizer's words:

To mark Provenance Research Day, the Jewish Museum Munich and the Münchner Stadtmuseum are hosting a joint workshop.

To kick things off, participants will be given a brief insight into the new exhibition "The Third Generation. The Holocaust in Family Memory" at the Jewish Museum Munich. One station of the exhibition deals with the topic of restitution and shows the significance of everyday objects owned by persecuted Jews for their descendants. How can objects preserve memories and tell history and what role does provenance research play in this?

The workshop will provide practical insights into the methods of provenance research. Using archival documents and case studies on Nazi-looted art from the so-called Silberzwangsabgabe, we will work out how the paths of historical objects can be reconstructed. What sources are available? And what are the challenges involved? The interactive workshop invites participants to work with historical materials themselves and discuss the importance of provenance research for museums and society.

The event is aimed at anyone interested in culture and anyone who wants to find out more about the work of provenance research.

Speakers: Maja Jakubeit (Munich City Museum) and Yuval Schneider (Jewish Museum Munich)

Duration: approx. 150 minutes incl. break
Participation: free of charge / limited participation / registration required via the Jewish Museum's online store / meeting point: 15 minutes before the start in the foyer of the Jewish Museum Munich, St.-Jakobs-Platz 16, 80331 Munich

Price information:

Participation free of charge / limited places / registration required via the Jewish Museum's online store