If you were interested in pulling together a tour linked to World War II and the Monuments Men, check out the links below to a great blog on the objects in our collection that are connected to this period of history:

Honoring the Monuments Men, art saviors of World War II, with a self-guided tour at the MIA (Part I)

Honoring the Monuments Men, art saviors of World War II, with a self-guided tour at the MIA (Part II)

Rovezzano’s bust of St. John the Baptist is on the right in this 1945 photo of Nazi war loot in the Alt Aussee salt mines. ©TopFoto / The Image Works