Countering counterfeiters: The Mittheilungen des Museen-Verbandes and forgery networks in the 20th century

NetSciX 2026 Conference Submission105 Authors

Keywords: art forgery, counterfeiting detection, historical networks, multilayer networks, cultural heritage

TL;DR: We use network science to analyze a secretive, early 20th-century association of museum experts and their confidential bulletins to understand how they fought art forgery networks and to extract lessons for protecting cultural heritage today.

Submission Number: 105