The Worcester Art Museum has finalized a unique agreement with the Italian culture ministry to return two ancient Greek artifacts, allowing them to remain on display as loans. This initiative, part of a broader trend in U.S. museums to scrutinize provenance, follows the museum's hiring of a research specialist focused on identifying looted items. The artifacts will be returned after a rotating loan period of four to eight years, highlighting the institution's commitment to addressing provenance issues in its collection.
"We did not have the in-house expertise to know which objects might have provenance issues or, if they were identified, how best to handle them."
"This agreement reflects the first fruits of the museum's decision to hire a provenance research specialist, Daniel W. Healey, last year."
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