Cultural Restitution

July 3, 2023
SRI LANKA
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Sri Lanka

Updated June 2024

Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made to Sri Lanka, together

with other restitution news. Entries are updated regularly.


June 2024

Many of the artefacts Sri Lanka is seeking to repatriate from the UK are held in private collections and therefore present significant legal barriers

Economynext


July 2023

Sri Lanka's cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to appoint a committee to prepare an action plan for repatriating Sri Lankan artefacts in various countries

Colombo Gazette





More News


July 3, 2025
“Would be nice to have a more frank discussion about how objects are collected for the Museum. Saying ‘Donated’ is not enough”
June 17, 2025
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
May 24, 2025
Village leaders at San Benito Poité in southern Belize, formerly British Honduras, are claiming that an important collection of artefacts removed from the ancient city of Pusilha is not the lawful property of the British Museum