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This
page highlights sites of particular value for understanding
the protection and repatriation of cultural heritage. It also
points to some of the major conferences over the past decade
It covers -
art trade
The Art Loss Register (ALR),
established in 1991, is the largest private international
database of lost and stolen art, antiques and collectibles
that provides recovery and search services to collectors,
the art trade, insurers and law enforcement. It was formed
as a partnership between leading auction houses and art trade
associations, the insurance industry and the International
Foundation for Art Research.
The Confédération Internationale des Négociants
en Oeuvres d'Art (CINOA)
is an international confederation of 32 art and antiques dealer
associations in 21 countries, representing about five thousand
dealers in a wide array of specialties.
museums
The International Council of Museums (ICOM)
is the international umbrella organisation of museums and
museum professionals. It is affiliated with UNESCO
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
is an international non-governmental organisation of professionals
dedicated to conservation of the world's historic monuments
and sites.
Holocaust
The Commission for Looted Art in Europe (CLAE)
that represents the European Council of Jewish Communities
(ECJC) and the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) in matters
relating to Nazi looted cultural property. It maintains an
online Central
Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property, 1933-45.
The Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste, the central
office for the documentation of "lost cultural property",
is an agency funded by the federal and provincial governments
of Germany. It maintains a Lost Art Database (LAD)
The Commission for Art Recovery (CAR),
established in 1997, is affiliated with the World Jewish Congress
(WJC) and the World Jewish Restituion Organisation (WJRO).
It aims to lobby European governments for the identification
and restitution of Holocaust-era looted art and, if necessary,
litigate against any government or institution that is unwilling
to attempt to return stolen cultural property.
The Project for the Documentation of Wartime Cultural Losses
(TDP)
is an independent academic exercise publishing information
about the displacement of art, archives and other cultural
property as a consequence of war.
conferences
Papers and Proceedings relating to the US National Archives
& Records Administration's 1998 Holocaust-Era Assets Symposium
and Conference are online here.
advocacy
Advocacy organisations include the archaeological advocacy
organisation SAFE:
Saving Antiquities For Everyone
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