Swiss Museum Accepts Nazi-Era Art Trove Subject to 1998 Washington Conference Principles

On November 24, the Museum of Fine Arms Bern, known as the Kunstmuseum Bern, accepted a valuable bequest by Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Nazi-era art dealer, promising to abide by the 1998 Washington Conference Principles of Nazi-Confiscated Art, which governs the investigation of looted art.