Cultural Restitution

January 21, 2021
REPUBLIC OF GHANA
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Republic of Ghana

Updated May 2024


Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made to Ghana, together with other restitution news.

Entries are updated regularly


May 2024

Asante items loaned by the British Museum and the V&A Museum are placed on display in Kumasi, the capital of the Asante region in Ghana

BBC News


May 2023

An article insists Asante/Ghana should reject any proposal by the British Museum to loan Asante treasures on the basis a loan is "simply anachronistic" in our times

Modern Ghana


May 2023

The ruler of Ghana's Asante people, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, met with the director of the British Museum to ask for the return of gold items in the Museum's collection

BBC News


October 2020

Ghana appoints a 13-person committee to advise on cultural initiatives and to research Ghanaian objects held in international collections

The Art Newspaper





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Denver Art Museum marks 50-year partnership in repatriation and collaboration

October 7, 2025
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Should Egyptian mummies be removed from public exhibition?

August 4, 2025
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