Cultural Restitution
February 6, 2023
INDONESIA
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REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
Updated January 2025
Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made to Indonesia, together with other
restitution news. Entries are updated regularly.
January 2025
Six month project,'Representing Papua: Portrayal of Culture from Local, National and Global Perspectives', fosters an international dialogue on the representation and repatriation of Papuan culture
August 2023
Experts query the readiness and safety of returning artefacts from The Netherlands amid fears of heists and lax museum security
January 2022
A Dutch non-profit foundation has returned a fifth cultural artefact, a tombak (spear), to Puri Klungkung (the palace of Klungkung) in Bali
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The USA is being urged not to renew a five-year cultural property agreement with the Arab Republic of Egypt, on the grounds Egypt has prioritised ‘prestige megaprojects’ and ‘political spectacle’ over site protection and collections management
“Modern morality,” wrote Oscar Wilde, “consists in accepting the standard of one’s age.” But how can museums define the moral standard of this age when constrained by historic rules of stewardship and the absence of a modern ethical framework?
This week’s announcement that Cambridge University has transferred legal ownership of its collection of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria could be hugely significant