Cultural Restitution
August 16, 2021
POLAND
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POLAND
Updated September 2021
Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made by Poland, together with other restitution news
September 2022
Poland is demanding the return of seven paintings now in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow looted during WWII by Soviet forces
August 2021
A new law setting a 30-year limit on any claims to property and approved by Poland's President will curb all restitution claims, including those made by Holocaust survivors
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It’s no easy matter resolving the current ethical debate over the retention and exhibition of human remains. But one public collection is asking visitors to cast their vote
“Would be nice to have a more frank discussion about how objects are collected for the Museum. Saying ‘Donated’ is not enough”
Last week, a delegation of Naga people signed a declaration that will lead to the return of 41 Naga ancestral remains currently held in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford