Can Canines Sniff Out Smuggled Artifacts?
Working Dogs Join the Fight to Save Cultural Heritage
RED ARCH CULTURAL HERITAGE LAW & POLICY RESEARCH
Protecting Cultural Heritage
Cultural property law, policy, and documentation solutions for today’s challenges. Our work targets antiquities trafficking, archaeological site looting, artifact theft, and the destruction of monuments caused by transnational crime, terrorism, and war.
Our Mission
LEADING THE WAY to preserve the past.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose members are legal, museum, law enforcement, art, media, and heritage preservation professionals. Our mission is to generate solutions to legal, political, and risk management problems affecting cultural heritage threatened by looting, trafficking, theft, vandalism, and war.
Projects
K-9 Artifact Finders
Imagine a new way to sniff out looted antiquities stolen from archaeological sites with the aid of working dogs.
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Protection
Advancing the documentation and preservation of Ukrainian cultural heritage at risk in the war zone.
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Donate
Your tax deductible gift will fuel K-9 Artifact Finders, Ukrainian cultural heritage protection, and our research into looted, targeted, or vulnerable heritage so that we can preserve this cultural legacy for generations to come.
Get Involved
We welcome select volunteers dedicated to cultural property protection who possess demonstrated skills with fundraising, accounting, law, scientific research, archaeology, museum administration, security, compliance, statistics, government affairs, media, and more.
