Restitution

Wellcome Collection to return 2,000 manuscripts in landmark agreement

Museum says Jain texts were acquired ‘against the best interests of their original owners’

Irish culture minister says restitution of heritage from UK ‘needs to be examined’

Dáil members call for return of artefacts taken from Ireland by former colonial powers

Q&A | ‘It was important not to wait for a finished narrative’

Lucy Edematie on Manchester Museum's Africa Hub, a new type of space that exposes the gaps and silences in the museum's own records

Cambridge University transfers ownership of 116 Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Move could have a ‘domino effect’ among other western institutions, says federal body

DCMS to review exclusion of national museums from new restitution rules

‘Unusual’ use of government powers questioned by legal experts and sector bodies

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Ancestors’ dignity cannot wait for repatriation

The Horniman's Heba Abd el Gawad on the ethics of storing human remains

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When charity law meets restitution

Two experts explain the new legal provisions making it easier for some museums to return artefacts on moral grounds

Profile | ‘I’ve been to prison several times. It’s no big deal’

Our guest editor Gary Younge meets restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza, who explains why he is taking the law into his own hands

Law change enabling restitution on moral grounds comes into force this month

But national museums will be excluded from new rules that simplify ‘ex-gratia’ payments

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery returns artefacts to Larrakia People

Ceremony held to mark repatriation of 33 culturally significant objects to Australia

BM director rules out restitution as he outlines plans to foster collaboration

Institution is 'not going to be embarrassed' about being a global museum, says Cullinan

UK has opportunity to ‘become a world leader in international repatriation’

Government should set national policy to help fill Europe-wide skills gap, says new policy briefing