Expertise
Securing Cultural Property Project Note (DPLB CVPC).
Seizure of stolen cultural property or discovery of illicit excavations procedures:
1- In case of cultural goods seizure (coins, archaeological objects, ethnographic and works of art), the services of Security and National Gendarmerie are called to approach the Culture and Arts Directorates to ask for an expert opinion.
2- The Culture and Arts Directorates of the Wilayas approach the Ministry of Culture and Arts services to request the assignment of an expert.
3- Once the seized objects are identified as cultural goods by the experts, the Ministry of Culture and Arts validates the identification by the experts and transmits it to the services of Security and National Gendarmerie that it is indeed bout cultural goods, as defined by the Law 04/98, relating to the protection of the Algerian National Heritage.
4- The directors of Culture and the Arts are now responsible for following the relevant judicial process.
5- Once the procedure is over and after the judge’s verdict, the Ministry’s representative will take charge of recovering the seized objects and will deposit them in a Museum institution.
The institutions in charge of identifying seized objects.
1/ Illicit traffic and theft of movable cultural property
The expertise is established by the National Museums.
| Institutions | Specialty | Contact |
| National Public Museum of Bardo. | Prehistoric Objects | Website Phone number: 021 64 76 41 |
| National Public Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions. | Ethnographic objects. | Phone number: 025 58 77 46 |
| National Public Museum Setif | Ethnographic objects. | Phone number: 036 84 35 36 |
| National Public Museum Cirta-Constantine | Objects from ‘’ancient periods, ethnographic objects’’. | Phone number: 031 92 19 38 |
| National Maritime Public Museum | Subaquatic objects | Facebook Page |
| National Public Museum Chlef. | Ancient periods objects | Facebook Page |
| National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Arts | Ancient periods objects Islamic period objects | Wesbsite Phone number: 021 74 76 41 |
| National Museum Zabana Oran | Natural, prehistoric, antique and ethnographic objects. | Phone number: 041 40 37 81 |
| National Fine Arts Museum | Artworks |
2- Illegal excavations:
Expertise is established by the research centers of the Ministry of Culture and Arts regarding the reporting of illegal excavations: