Guided Tours
Before, during, and after the annual conference of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V., provenance researchers and experts from the participating institutions will offer guided tours of current exhibitions as well as thematic tours on a range of topics in provenance research.
Participation is free of charge.
Before the main programme – Tuesday, 3 November 2026
All tours take place in parallel from 11:00 to 12:00. Conference registration opens afterwards, at 12:00 at the Sprengel Museum Hannover.
| Place | Tour | Language | Led by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprengel Museum Hannover | Sprengel’s best – glimpses into the collection | English | Reinhard Spieler | max. 30 people |
| Museum August Kestner | “The facts and circumstances surrounding a specific case”: Nazi-era provenance research at the August Kestner Museum | English | Johannes Schwartz | – |
| Mahnmal gegen den Kolonialismus Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz, 30173 Hannover |
Carl Peters in Hannover: Provenienzforschung zu zwei Wandteppichen im Historischen Museum Hannover | German | Sabine Heuchler | – |
| Landesmuseum Hannover | Einblick in die Provenienzforschung (NS und koloniale Kontexte) am Landesmuseum Hannover | German | Claudia Andratschke, Annekathrin Krieger, Maik Tusch | – |
| Stadtbibliothek Hannover, Zentralbibliothek Hildesheimer Str. 12, 30169 Hannover |
Zehn Jahre NS-Raubgut-Forschung an der Stadtbibliothek Hannover. Eine Führung durch die Magazine | German | Silke Bremer | not accessible |
During the main programme – Wednesday, 4 November 2026
These tours run in parallel to the afternoon panels.
| Time | Place | Tour | Language | Led by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:25–17:45 | ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage | Conform or resist? A guided tour of the ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage | English | Edel Sheridan-Quantz | – |
| 16:45–17:45 | Hannover Kiosk of the Historisches Museum Hannover, Karmarschstraße 40, 30159 Hannover | Hannover Kiosk – Bunte Tüte Stadtgeschichte und Experimentierraum für die Zukunft des Museums | German | Jan Willem Huntebrinker | min. 6, max. 20 participants |
After the main programme – Thursday, 5 November 2026
The conference ends at 14:00 at the Sprengel Museum Hannover; the tours follow on from it.
| Time | Place | Tour | Language | Led by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:15–15:15 | Sprengel Museum Hannover | Provenienzforschung im Sprengel Museum Hannover. Führung durch die Dauerausstellung | German | Annette Baumann | – |
| 14:30–16:00 | Museum August Kestner | „Die Fakten und Umstände des spezifischen Falls“: Provenienzforschung im Museum August Kestner | German | Johannes Schwartz | accessible |
| 14:30–15:30 | ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage | Das ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage: Lernen aus dem Nationalsozialismus im 21. Jahrhundert | German | Jens Binner | max. 30 participants |
| 14:00–17:00 | Sprengel Museum → Mahnmal gegen den Kolonialismus → Stadtfriedhof Engesohde | Un/commemorating Carl Peters: Hannover dealing with an (anti)colonial monument (city walk, schedule see below) | English | Mareike Späth | – |
| 14:30–15:30 | Stadtbibliothek Hannover, Zentralbibliothek, Hildesheimer Str. 12, 30169 Hannover | Zehn Jahre NS-Raubgut-Forschung an der Stadtbibliothek Hannover (Führung durch die Magazine) | German | Silke Bremer | not accessible |
| 14:45–15:45 | Museum Schloss Herrenhausen, Herrenhäuser Straße 4, 30419 Hannover | Gender & Colonialism: The Kingdom of Hanover, 1814–1866 | English | Annika Wellmann | min. 6, max. 20 participants |
Schedule of the city walk “Un/commemorating Carl Peters”
- 14:00–14:15 – Meeting point at the entrance of the Sprengel Museum Hannover
- 14:45–15:30 – At the site of the Carl Peters monument (Mahnmal gegen den Kolonialismus, Monument against Colonialism): guided walk in English with Mareike Späth
- 15:30–17:00 – 20-minute walk to Carl Peters’s grave in Stadtfriedhof Engesohde near the Maschsee