Institution’s chair of trustees admits its reputation has been damaged by suspected thefts

  • BadAdvice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How long does an artifact need to be in a British museum for it to lose its own provenance and simply become “British museum artefact”? I feel like this is extra spicy cultural appropriation

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      It is also extra ironic, because one of the arguments for not giving artifacts back to their home countries is “They can’t handle and store them properly.”