The third workshop of the Provenance Research Training Program (PRTP) was held December 1-6, 2013, in Vilnius, Lithuania, in conjunction with the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union of 2013. In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, the workshop was hosted by the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum.

The Provenance Research Training Program is a project of the European Shoah Legacy Institute. The program focuses on provenance research and related issues concerning Nazi-looted art, Judaica, and other cultural property. It provides advanced training to serve the international community of current and future experts engaged in dealing with issues concerning cultural plunder during the Third Reich, the Holocaust, and World War II. Each year the program offers week-long workshops that provide an intensive historical overview of cultural plunder—its evolution and implementation; methodological training, including specialized research in public and private archives; a presentation and discussion of legal concepts and instrumentalities at national and international levels, including political, moral and ethical issues and restitution policies and principles. In addition to facilitating research and providing access to a vast array of information, the program promotes the establishment of international networks of provenance researchers that bring together experts in all relevant fields and countries.

More from the workshop in Vilnius: Report from the PRTP Workshop in Vilnius and list of instructors.