3–5 November 2026 · Hannover
2026 Annual Conference of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.
(Re)locating Provenance Research – Changed Framework Conditions, New Challenges?
Venue, 3–5 Nov 2026
Sprengel Museum Hannover
The Sprengel Museum Hannover is the central venue of the annual conference and, with its internationally significant collection, is among the leading museums of 20th- and 21st-century art.
© Aline Gwose, Michael Herling, Benedikt Werner / Sprengel Museum Hannover
3–5 November 2026 · Hannover
2026 Annual Conference of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.
(Re)locating Provenance Research – Changed Framework Conditions, New Challenges?
Venue, 3–5 Nov 2026
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
The Landesmuseum Hannover is a multidisciplinary museum that brings together five different collections under one roof: natural history, archaeology, ethnology, art, and numismatics.
© Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
3–5 November 2026 · Hannover
2026 Annual Conference of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.
(Re)locating Provenance Research – Changed Framework Conditions, New Challenges?
Venue, 3–5 Nov 2026
Museum August Kestner
The museum is located in the city center next to the New Town Hall and presents 6,000 years of applied art across four collection areas: Antiquity and Egyptian Cultures, Applied Art with a design collection, and one of the largest collections of coins and medals in northern Germany.
© Christian Tepper / Museum August Kestner
3–5 November 2026 · Hannover
2026 Annual Conference of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.
(Re)locating Provenance Research – Changed Framework Conditions, New Challenges?
Venue, 3–5 Nov 2026
ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage
The ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage is an interactive learning site on Hanover's urban society under National Socialism and an open space for discussing civil courage.
© Landeshauptstadt Hannover
3
Days
19
Panels
4
Venues
58
Contributions
83
Speakers
Over three days, 58 contributions from eleven countries showed how diverse our field is and how much it is changing right now. More than 300 participants attended on site, with around 100 more joining online. The programme addressed various contexts of injustice, national and international frameworks, and the different research perspectives within our discipline.
Our sincere thanks go to the Sprengel Museum Hannover, the Landesmuseum Hannover, the Museum August Kestner and the ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage for their hospitality.
We thank the organising team for their tremendous work, as well as all speakers, moderators and participants.
The conference was made possible by funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – German Research Foundation and from zukunft.niedersachsen, the joint science funding programme of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation.
Many thanks also to Grisebach, Thole Rotermund Kunsthandel and KARL & FABER Kunstauktionen GmbH for their support!
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A joint science funding programme of the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture and the VolkswagenStiftung.