Experimental searches for medium-modifications of vector mesons in photon and proton induced nuclear reactions are reviewed. Results on \rho , \omega , and \Phi mesons are presented. At normal nuclear matter density, the \omega and \Phi meson are found to be lowered in mass by 9--14\% and 3.5\%, respectively. Compared to the free particle properties increases in widths by factors of about 16 and 3.6, respectively, are observed. For the \rho meson conflicting results on in-medium mass shifts and broadening have been reported.
PACS numbers: 13.60.--r, 13.60.Le, 14.40.--n, 25.20.Lj
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