Colleen TheisenJul 18, 2024
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art became the first in the nation to return looted Benin bronzes to royal ruler.
#museums #archives #specialCollections #GLAM #repatriation #uiowa https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/07/18/iowa-museum-becomes-first-in-us-to-return-looted-benin-bronzes
Iowa museum becomes first in US to return looted Benin bronzes to royal ruler

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has defended its decision to hand back two objects to the Oba

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@libcolleen Okay, excellent, because this is something that has bothered me for years and that I once wrote an angry email to the university about. but, while we're at it, could we return all the other looted things in the museum too?

I am never going to not be angry about the figurines that are meant to hold the souls of dead children, and we have like 50 of them, and there's no way we got them legitimately

Jul 19, 2024 at 1:31amWeb