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New UK Law Allows Museums to Return Objects For “Moral” Reasons

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

The law will apply only in “rare cases,” one expert says, but nevertheless signals a shift from past legal restrictions.

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Questions Remain Around Return of 50+ Ancient Artifacts to Mexico

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

Mexican officials said the objects were “voluntarily returned” by citizens from Austria, Canada, Switzerland, and the US, but have not provided further details.

Posted inOpinion

When Will Museums Tell the Whole Truth About Their Antiquities?

Avatar photo by Elizabeth Marlowe September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Some US museums will overlook the dubious origins of acquisitions if it suits their purposes.

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Cambodia’s Stolen Treasures Must Be Returned to Where They Belong 

Avatar photo by Erin L. Thompson September 6, 2022November 9, 2022

And no, Cambodia doesn’t need the Metropolitan Museum’s help in preserving its cultural heritage.

Posted inOpinion

UK Welcomes Restitution, Just not Anti-Colonialism

Avatar photo by Dan Hicks August 26, 2022August 29, 2022

“The work of cultural restitution must be about what we give up, not just what or how we give back,” writes Dan Hicks in response to Arts Council England’s new restitution guidelines for museums.

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UK’s Horniman Museum to Return 72 Benin Artifacts to Nigeria

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

It is the first national museum in England to agree to restitute looted Benin items, increasing pressure on the British Museum to do the same.

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The Risks That Lurk in Europe’s “Scramble for Decolonization”

Avatar photo by Dan Hicks July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

As the global consensus on restitution passes the tipping point, some skepticism towards these sudden, improbable Damascene conversions towards restitution is probably justified.

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Smithsonian Adopts Landmark Policy on Ethical Restitution

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 4, 2022May 5, 2022

Previously, the Smithsonian held that its museums were entitled to retain an artifact so long as its provenance rested on solid legal ground.

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Smithsonian Announces Landmark Decision to Repatriate Benin Bronzes

by Cassie Packard March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

The institution says it will return most of the 39 artifacts in its collection to Nigeria for eventual display at the Benin City National Museum.

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The Forgotten Story of Modern Art’s Great Jewish Collectors

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

Charles Dellheim’s study tells the tale of a small group of Jewish art dealers and collectors who played a key role in the changing art world of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Looking to the Future of Art Restitution

Avatar photo by Isabel Ling January 7, 2022January 12, 2022

For many people and organizations,restitution is simply the beginning of a long fight for cultural heritage and the right to remember.

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In Ceremony, Met Museum Officially Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia November 22, 2021November 22, 2021

The museum and the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments entered into a shared agreement to collaborate on mutual loans of Benin objects and other “exchanges of expertise and art.”

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