May 6, 2011	National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Friday, May 6, 2011, 12:00 am

Nancy Yeide
A New Era of Collaboration and Digitized Resources: World War II Provenance Research Seminar
American Association of Museum

National Archives in Washington, D.C.
700 Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20408-0002

The seminar highlights the enormous progress in recent years to increase access to materials and documents pertaining to cultural objects looted during the Second World War. It also coincides with the unveiling of the most ambitious of such projects—the public launch of a web portal linking researchers to archival materials from the United States National Archives, the German Bundesarchiv, the National Archives of the United Kingdom, and several other international partners. One session will present the web portal to attendees and familiarize them with the descriptions of records from participating repositories and digital images of the records. Representatives from art historical archival repositories will present other resources, newly digitized records, and plans for future projects. Experts will guide discussions on how to utilize these materials, share results of recent and ongoing research projects, and recommend new approaches and systematic strategies for provenance research.

The seminar is for curators, registrars, provenance researchers, and all those interested in the processes of archival research. The Samuel H. Kress Foundation offers a travel stipend on a first-come, first-served basis to museums with Kress collections.

For more information about the seminar, visit:
Provenance Seminar

The seminar is sponsored by the United States National Archives, the Association of Art Museum Directors, the American Association of Museums, and the Smithsonian Institution, with additional support from The Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

To register for the seminar, visit the American Association of Museums’ website:

American Association of Museum