Past the point of no returns
It could be a watershed year, following developments in several long-running disputes – despite some less-than-helpful interventions from the government
Repatriation
National museums to be excluded from law enabling restitution on moral grounds
UK Government says consequences of Charities Act 2022 were not made clear when it was introduced
V&A and British Museum to loan Asante gold to Ghana
Cultural partnership will see regalia return to country for the first time in 150 years
Scottish Government accepts findings of empire and slavery group
Plans include dedicated space to address Scotland’s role in colonialism and historic slavery
Irish repatriation committee holds first meeting
Group set up to create guidelines on artefacts that may have been illegally or unethically elicited or traded
UK museums aren’t lagging behind on repatriation
We must stress that we are willing to return items, says Amy Shakespeare
American Museum of Natural History removes all human remains from display
Many of the 12,000 remains in the museum's collection came from Indigenous and enslaved populations
Oxford museums return ancestral remains to Aboriginal communities
Remains were acquired as part of archaeological and anthropological practices that ‘caused much hurt’
V&A agrees deal with Yemen to display looted artefacts
Funerary objects found in London shop will be repatriated when Yemen deems it safe to do so
Return of Nisga’a Nation pole from National Museums Scotland begins
Item will be on public display in Nisga’a Museum
Netherlands to return hundreds of colonial objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka
Announcement comes as complications arise in repatriation of Benin bronzes
Repatriation is changing but colonial dynamics remain
Two winners of the 2022 Dan David Prize reflect on repatriation and the unequal relationship between the West and countries in the Global South