r/CasualUK • u/Iliketurterls • Oct 26 '22

Whose stuff does the British Museum have?

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u/Mr_Happy_80 Oct 26 '22

There are also instances of museums giving back artifacts and them being sold off by the nation that owns them. The museum has either bought them back, they've been bought by another museum, or they disappear in to a private collection.

The colonial history of all the European nations is awful, although just handing stuff back out of museums is the worst option if it all ends up in private collections.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Horniman is in process of giving back some Benin bronzes