Cultural Restitution

April 4, 2023
TANZANIA
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Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made to Tanzania, together with other restitution news.

Entries are updated regularly.

February 2026

Tanzania's government has yet to approve the offer made by Berlin's Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation to return three ancestral remains to Tanzania

dekolonial-erinnern.de


October 2025

A former Tanzanian MP and environmental activist is demanding the repatriation of the Tendeguru fossils removed by German colonial explorers in the 19th century

dailynews.co.tz


April 2023

East African families are seeking to recover the remains of their ancestors, removed at the beginning of the 20th century and now held in German colonial collections

The Dial


March 2023

Hermann Parzinger is recommending the return of hundreds of skulls removed by German scientists from Tanzania during the colonial period

Table.Berlin






More News

Government will review guidance on human remains to align with museum best practice

By Lewis Mcnaught • September 22, 2026
Campaigners for ending the public display and sale of human remains will be encouraged by this month’s news from the DCMS that it plans to review its Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums

Andy Burnham makes U-turn on the Parthenon Marbles

By Lewis Mcnaught • September 7, 2026
After assuming the UK’s highest office, another British prime minister has changed his mind about returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Was this predictable?

United States urged not to renew a cultural property agreement with Egypt

By Lewis Mcnaught • May 31, 2026
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