Elizabeth Campbell is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Art Collection Ethics at the University of Denver. She is the author of Defending National Treasures: French Art and Heritage under Vichy.

• Introduction: Nazi Plunder and National Patrimony


• 1. Nazi Art Plunder in Western Europe


• 2. Allied Victory and Art Recovery


• 3. Negotiating Cultural Restitution


• 4. Recovered Art as French Patrimony


• 5. National Heritage in the Netherlands


• 6. Restoring Belgian Artistic Heritage


• 7. Contested Patrimony since 1955


• Conclusion: A New Era of Museum Ethics


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

Museum Worthy examines the history behind works of art that were looted in western Europe by the Nazis during the Second World War and never returned to their rightful owners, instead claimed by postwar governments of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands for display in museums, embassies, ministries, and other public buildings.