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Is art and heritage crime understudied? Yes, but ARCA is changing that.
For more than 15 years ARCA has a world leader in specialist training in art crime and cultural heritage protection, uniting people and cultures through immersive learning experiences focused on analysing, detecting, and deterring art crime.
Our training programmes are expertly designed and taught by leading experts and practitioners, and combine academic depth with real-world insight, preparing our trainees to engage critically and effectively with the challenges facing the art and heritage sectors today.
Why not explore our course offerings and join an international community whose expertise is helping shape the future of cultural heritage protection.
Skills
ARCA’s courses are designed by experts with years of professional experience working in and training others focused on cultural property protection and crime prevention.
Strategy
Participants who train with ARCA develop a mastery of job-relevant, critical knowledge useful in ethically navigating a variety of careers connected to the art and antiquities world.
Success
ARCA’s structured courses are developed to offer the flexibility or concentrated intensity learners want and need, wherever they live and work.
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“Training with ARCA can free you from tunnel vision and open up access to pockets of your field that you have never thought of before.”
Marc Collins
OPP Officer, Canada
Dima Ashker
Office of the Director General of Antiquities & Museums, Syria
“I loved every minute that I spent studying with ARCA. It was the most important experience of my career.”
“ARCA transformed my interest in art crime into a veritable passion. I love sharing all the knowledge I have acquired with my students and colleagues who are now almost as fired up about fighting art crime as I am! I am eternally grateful to ARCA for opening up this whole new world to me.”
Suzette Scotti
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Benefits
In a world that says fit in; we believe in standing out.
Courses Unlike Any Other
Academically-challenging classes that drill down into subjects not offered in traditional university settings.
Quality Over Quantity
Low participant-to-instructor ratio allows learners to cultivate closer relationships with lecturers.
Birds of a Unique Feather
Participants meet and engage with a variety of industry specific experts in this highly specialised field.
Art and Antiquities Crime Happens more often than you might think
Some blog post highlights from ARCA’s art and antiquities blog.
Caveat Emptor: What the Dancing Maenad Can Tell Us About the Market for Looted Art
In November 2019, ARCA published a blog post raising questions about a suspect 5th-century BCE polychrome antefix depicting a dancing maenad, which had been consigned to a Christie’s auction and that ARCA believed the piece...
An interview with Roberta Mazza
Amelia ancient historyRoberta MazzaInterview An Interview with Roberta Mazza By Edgar Tijhuis Can you tell us something about your background and work? I am an ancient historian specialised in papyrology, a discipline concerned with ancient...
An Interview with ARCA’s Social Director Monica di Stefano
Amelia ARCA historyMonica di StefanoInterview Socials An Interview with ARCA's Social Director Monica di Stefano By Edgar Tijhuis Since the beginning of ARCA’s program in Amelia, Monica Di Stefano has been involved in ARCA’s activities to organize many...
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