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Type
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Article/blog
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Title
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Repatriation of the Benin Bronzes: an Ethical and Legal Discussion?
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Description
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An article from the Centre for Art and Law looks at the repatriation of the Benin Bronzes. Includes a background history on their acquisition and legal analysis.
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Note
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The British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum are a few of the world’s most famous and largest history museums with objects in their collection from all over the world. Although those museums embody a true library of the world, one major problem is hidden in those museums: many well-known objects - like the Rosetta Stone, Hoa Hakananai’a, and the Marble head of Athena - have disputed ownership.
