Training

Save the date! ACE is offering a provenance research training program in 2026.

Hybrid Training Program

• Application Requirements and Timeline

  Application Requirements 

  • Complete the application form (fillable pdf) linked below: 

    • 2025 Certificate Application

  • Attachments requested in the application form include: 

  • Transcript(s) of higher education completed or in progress thus far, or an essay explaining equivalent experience 

  • Abbreviated CV or résumé, including relevant education and professional experience (not to exceed 2 pages)  

  • An essay addressing the following questions (in up to 1000 words): Why would you like to participate in this training program, and what do you hope to gain from it? How has your previous academic and/or work experience shaped your commitment to the ethical stewardship of objects? How do you envision applying these skills in future work positions? 

  • After filling out the application form, please send it with your transcript, CV or résumé, and essay in a single pdf file to ahss.ace@du.edu with the subject line "Last Name First Name - Application"

  • One recommendation form and letter of recommendation to be sent directly from the referrer to ahss.ace@du.edu with the subject line “Last Name First Name – Reference"

  • The recommendation form can be downloaded below: 

  2025 Recommendation Form.docx (146.94 KB)

   

  Application Timeline 

  • Apply for certificate program acceptance through Friday, April 4, at.11:59 PM MT.

  • Notifications of acceptance in mid-April. Twenty certificate students will be accepted.

  • Program dates: Arrival on campus and dorm check-in on Sunday afternoon, June 22. All-day program Monday, June 23 – Friday, June 27. Dorm check-out Saturday morning, June 28. 

  Certificate program fee: $1,500 

  The program fee includes: 

  • Lodging in an upscale, apartment-style dormitory with single bedrooms 

  • Meals, including welcome reception and final banquet 

  • Transportation locally to the Denver Art Museum 

  • Certificate tuition 

  • Students pay for travel costs to and from Denver

• Qualifications for Certificate Program 

  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required. Applicants are welcome to explain equivalent experience in the application essay.  

  • We welcome applications from graduate students and emerging professionals with various backgrounds, including, but not limited to art history, museum studies, anthropology, cultural studies, history, religious studies, and library and information science.  

  • We encourage participation from minoritized communities and staff at academic museums and galleries, who are poised to help train the rising generation of museum and art market professionals.