The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/repatriation/page/2)
New regulations have led museums to take Indigenous artifacts and human remains off display until they can receive consent from the descendants of the people those items were taken from.
The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that objects borrowed 9 years ago by a museum in Amsterdam from museums in the now Russian-annexed region of Crimea belong to Ukraine and not Russia.
A scandal at the British Museum has led to a curator being fired for the theft of potentially thousands of objects and the resignation of the museum’s director. Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott argues it should lead to rethinking the structure of large institutions like the British Museum.
Lyonel Perabo reviews “The Museum of Other People” by Adam Kuper and uses his experiences as a museum guide to consider the problems of repatriating artifacts and artworks.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: UK petition to recognize handfasting, Miami Seaquarium to release Lolita, community announcements, and more news.