Institut für Museumsforschung.

The Institute for Museum Research is a national organization which provides services to museums in the Federal Republic of Germany in the areas of research, application-oriented teaching and documentation. The Institute was founded in 1979 as a department of the Berlin State Museums, overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. The Institute also operates the Center for Provenance Research, tasked with the identification and proper return of looted art from the Nazi period.