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Cultural Restitution

Jun 07, 2021
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Updated June 2023

Below is a schedule of successful restitutions, together with other restitution news.  Entries are updated regularly


June 2023

Nepal's Department of Archaeology announced the recovery of 96 archaeological objects stolen by foreigners over a period of 38 years

my Republica


May 2023

A gilded statue of Vajradhara, stolen from Dolakha in Nepal in 1995, has been tracked down by Lost Arts of Nepal and voluntarily returned following mediation

Hyperallergic


January 2022

Citizen activist groups in Nepal are asking foreign museums, collectors and art galleries to help return looted objects

Cultural Property News


June 2021

Five 18th cent gilded sculptures, torn from a frieze above the golden gateway of Taleju  Bhawani Temple at Patan Durbar Square in the Kathmandu Valley, have been withdrawn from a Bonhams auction in Paris

The Art Newspaper 



More News

Getty Museum to return a looted bronze head to Turkey

03 May, 2024
A Roman bronze head from a statue of a young man, acquired by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 1971, is returning to Turkey after evidence emerged it was excavated illegally

National Museums Scotland identifies an Ethiopian Tabot

10 Apr, 2024
An official from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church has confirmed the identity of an object held at National Museums Scotland (NMS) as a sacred Ethiopian Tabot

British Museum faces investigation by Information watchdog over sacred Tabots

31 Mar, 2024
The British Museum has shown itself adept at refusing to provide information to questions they’d prefer not to answer. We hope our initiative to escalate concerns about the Museum’s collection of Ethiopian Tabots to the Information Commissioner’s Office will encourage greater transparency
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