Museums are intensively concerned with the provenance of their collections. Provenance research
is not only essential from an ethical point of view. It offers great opportunities to delve deeper into the history
of the collections and to gain new insights. The five cantonal museums
report on their current provenance research projects.
PROGRAM:
Museum of Antiquities and Ludwig Collection Basel
Antiques from the trade and their problems
Dr. Andrea Bignasca, Director
Dr. Vasiliki Barlou-Jäggi, Research Associate Provenance Research
Basel Historical Museum
Acquired in 1950 - tracing a "Gothic tobacco box"
Marc Zehntner, Director
Renato Moser, Research Associate Provenance Research
Basel Art Museum
"It should never have come to bankruptcy [...]."
Richard Semmel's (1875-1950) art sales on the run
Dr. Elena Filipovic, Director
Dr. Tessa Rosebrock, Head of Provenance Research
Museum of Cultures Basel
Collections from Cameroon - colonialism, mission and today's perspectives
Dr. Anna Schmid, Director
Isabella Bozsa, Provenance researcher M.A.
Natural History Museum Basel
Going Home - the restitution of human remains to the Vedda in Sri Lanka
Basil Thüring. Co-Director
Dr. Gerhard Hotz, Curator Anthropology
The event will be hosted by Dr. Henri-Michel Yeré, lecturer at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel
is not only essential from an ethical point of view. It offers great opportunities to delve deeper into the history
of the collections and to gain new insights. The five cantonal museums
report on their current provenance research projects.
PROGRAM:
Museum of Antiquities and Ludwig Collection Basel
Antiques from the trade and their problems
Dr. Andrea Bignasca, Director
Dr. Vasiliki Barlou-Jäggi, Research Associate Provenance Research
Basel Historical Museum
Acquired in 1950 - tracing a "Gothic tobacco box"
Marc Zehntner, Director
Renato Moser, Research Associate Provenance Research
Basel Art Museum
"It should never have come to bankruptcy [...]."
Richard Semmel's (1875-1950) art sales on the run
Dr. Elena Filipovic, Director
Dr. Tessa Rosebrock, Head of Provenance Research
Museum of Cultures Basel
Collections from Cameroon - colonialism, mission and today's perspectives
Dr. Anna Schmid, Director
Isabella Bozsa, Provenance researcher M.A.
Natural History Museum Basel
Going Home - the restitution of human remains to the Vedda in Sri Lanka
Basil Thüring. Co-Director
Dr. Gerhard Hotz, Curator Anthropology
The event will be hosted by Dr. Henri-Michel Yeré, lecturer at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel
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