Description: German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts: The contact point aims in particular at individuals and institutions from the countries and societies of origin. It is intended to serve as the first, central point of contact for all questions concerning collections from colonial contexts in Germany.
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On 16 October 2019, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Staatsministerin für Kultur und Medien), the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office for International Cultural Policy (Staatsministerin im Auswärtigen Amt für internationale Kulturpolitik), the Cultural Affairs Ministers of the Länder, the Länder Senators for Cultural Affairs and representatives of the municipal umbrella organisations decided to establish a "German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts
The contact point aims in particular at individuals and institutions from the countries and societies of origin. It is intended to serve as the first, central point of contact for all questions concerning collections from colonial contexts in Germany. In particular, the German Contact Point will carry out the following service tasks:
The Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States (Kulturstiftung der Länder) will serve as the administrative and organisational seat of the "German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts" and form a project consortium with the German Lost Art Foundation (Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste), the Agency for International Cooperation between Museums (Agentur für Internationale Museumskooperationen; planned and financed by the Federal Foreign Office) and the municipal umbrella organisations.