Repatriation

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

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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

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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

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Policy | Legislation on restitution needs updating

We need an ethical way forward

Funding secured to store Benin bronzes in Nigeria

Benin Dialogue Group welcomes progress

Glasgow Life becomes first UK museum to repatriate objects to India

Seven artefacts have been returned as part of a wider repatriation programme