The German/American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) for Museum Professionals

The German/American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP) for Museum Professionals, 2017–2019, is a transatlantic initiative designed to think strategically and collaboratively about provenance research in art museums. Its main focus is the Holocaust-era, with a particular emphasis on Asian art, decorative arts, and works on paper. The primary goal of the program is to create a network of German and American art-museum and research-institution specialists, and offer a platform to explore, share, and brainstorm with regard to their respective expertise.

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English: Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative (SPRI), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

German: Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Central Archives of the National Museums), Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), Berlin

The three-year program consists of six week-long Exchanges, hosted by the participating institutions but expanded to other relevant local resources in each city.