{"id":13765,"date":"2022-12-07T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/?page_id=13765"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:13:02","slug":"provenance-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/provenance-research","title":{"rendered":"Provenance research"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-page padding-top-half margin-bottom-half has-highlight-color-bg\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid padding-bottom-third\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"font-medium\">Provenance research<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row padding-top-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"3683\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6aa31edee73c0\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.berlin.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-300x274.jpg\" data-md-alt=\"R\u00fcckansicht eines Sofas mit der handschriftlichen Nummer Rb 711 auf einer Holzleiste\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-300x274.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":274,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19196},\"small\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-440x401.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":401,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":36539},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-580x529.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":529,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":57820},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-720x657.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":657,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":81966},\"original\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":693}},\n\"alt\" : \"R\\u00fcckansicht eines Sofas mit der handschriftlichen Nummer Rb 711 auf einer Holzleiste\",\n\"path\" : \"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.berlin.museum\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.5,\"y\":0.5},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 2,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Rear view of a sofa with the handwritten number Rb 711 on a wooden strip<br><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin | Foto: Deborah Pomeranz <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy block-no-margin\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Since 2008, we have been taking a close look: where do the objects in our collections come from?<\/strong> <strong>In doing so, we are fulfilling our duty to check our collections to ensure that all objects have been acquired in accordance with the law.<\/strong><br><br>In a first step, the collection was examined for &#8220;art seized due to Nazi persecution&#8221;, i.e. for cultural property that came to the museum as a result of National Socialist persecution. The initial focus was on the collection holdings acquired between 1933 and 1945. Subsequently, the research was expanded to include the holdings acquired between 1945 and 1995, since it was precisely in the post-war period that many &#8220;flotsam and jetsam&#8221; of history found their way into the collection, whose former owners (independent of Nazi persecution) need to be identified.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy block-no-margin\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Finds&#8221; made during the systematic research were reported to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostart.de\/en\/start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lost Art database<\/a> in order to establish contact with heirs. In the meantime, several objects have already been restituted, i.e. returned or (re)purchased by the heirs. But just as important as the exact origin of the objects are the stories behind them that come to light during the research, such as family fates, company history or adventurous trade routes. They give the collection pieces an additional narrative level beyond their art-historical significance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The establishment of provenance research at the Berlin Museum was supported by the Arbeitsstelle f\u00fcr Provenienzforschung (now Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste, Magdeburg) and by the Land Berlin.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-teaser has-secondary-highlight-color-bg has-bg-needs-paddings  block-teaser-page\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid copy padding-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zeplin-subHead01\">Projects<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid teaser-no-lane\"  data-parallax-stagger='{\"child\":\"li\",\"mask\":\".row\",\"split\":false,\"in\":{\"opacity\": [0,0],\"delay\":0},\"center\":{\"y\": [60,0],\"opacity\": [0,1],\"delay\":1,\"ease\":\"sine.out\"},\"out\":{\"opacity\": [1,0],\"delay\":0,\"ease\":\"sine.in\"}}'>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-6 teaser-page teaser-wrapper padding-bottom-third teaser-page teaser-type-standard teaser-col-2\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/collection\/research\/reichsbank-furniture\" class=\"teaser\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"3673\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6aa31edee9115\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.berlin.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-300x204.jpg\" data-md-alt=\"Zweiteiliger Sessel mit Fu\u00dfbank, lindgr\u00fcne Seide und vergoldete Delphine\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-300x204.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":204,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":9691},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-1024x697.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":697,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":73226},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-768x523.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":523,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":44781},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-1536x1046.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1046,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":146839},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-440x300.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":17796},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-580x395.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":395,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":28021},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-720x490.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":490,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":40167},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri-1280x872.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":872,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":107685},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Chaiselongue319_StefanPetri.jpg\",\"width\":1714,\"height\":1167}},\n\"alt\" : \"Zweiteiliger Sessel mit Fu\\u00dfbank, lindgr\\u00fcne Seide und vergoldete Delphine\",\n\"path\" : \"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.berlin.museum\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:54%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-copy\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-header padding-top-sixth\"><div><h3 class=\"zeplin-teaserHeadline-L\">\u201cReichsbank\u201d furniture<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-teaserCopy\"><div class=\"padding-top-minimal\"><p class=\"zeplin-teaserCopy\">Insight into the Provenance Research at the Berlin Museum.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-special-contact-person has-highlight-color-bg padding-top-half\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Contact person\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-third\"><div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal\"><h2 class=\"h5\">Contact<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 copy margin-bottom-half\" data-divisions=\"fachteam-zentrale-dokumentation\">\n\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-copySmall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h6\">Dr. Regina Stein<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-atom\">\n\t\t\t\t\tProvenienzforschung<br>\t\t\t\t\tFachteam Zentrale Dokumentation<br>\t\t\t\t\t<a :href=\"'zhrfhz.avyero@avrgf.navtre:bgyvnz' | decodeMailto\">E-Mail<\/a><br>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:(030) 353 059-573\">(030) 353 059-573<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 copy margin-bottom-half\" data-divisions=\"bereichsmanagement-sammlung\">\n\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-copySmall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h6\">Malte Isaak Mierheim<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-atom\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAssistenz Bereichsmanagement Sammlung<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a :href=\"'zhrfhz.avyero@zvruervz.xnnfv-rgynz:bgyvnz' | decodeMailto\">E-Mail<\/a><br>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:(030) 353 059-202\">(030) 353 059-202<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3683,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"subline":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13765","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13765"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99686,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13765\/revisions\/99686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}