W&M Featured Events
[PAST EVENT] Culture Interrupted: The Pursuit of Looted Art & Antiquities (A Muscarelle Explorations Event)
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- Open to the public
- Ticketed event
Presenters: L. Eden Burgess, Partner, Cultural Heritage Partners, and Olga Symeonoglu, Associate, Cultural Heritage Partners. The Third Reich left a long legacy of looted art to be restituted, as did other wars and conflicts. The event will include a presentation about how claimants have used the courts to try to right those wrongs. This series of Muscarelle Museum events presented in cooperation with the following: William & Mary Art and Cultural Heritage Law Society; Cultural Heritage Partners, a law firm dedicated exclusively to serving cultural heritage clients; and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Free to Members, W&M Students, Faculty, and Staff. Reserve your spot here! Non-Members: $5. Sign up begins March 25.
This series of programs is presented in cooperation with the following: William & Mary Art and Cultural Heritage Law Society; Cultural Heritage Partners,a law firm dedicated exclusively to serving cultural heritage clients; and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Through a series of lectures and films in April, we will explore the ethical and legal obligations for the repatriation of Nazi-era looted art while considering the historical and moral obligation to the victims and their descendants.