After two days of deliberations in Lalitpur, Nepal, on numerous aspects of heritage theft and restitution (26-27 May 2024), the National Conference on Heritage Recovery puts out The Lalitpur Declaration on Recovery of Stolen Heritage:
nepalheritagerecoverycampaign.org/news/lalitpur-…

Director Michael Brand learned much about restitution during his time Getty

NYT: The (Nashville) Parthenon’s decision to return its collection of pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico “offers an illustration of the practical, moral and ethical issues that much larger museums are wrestling with nytimes.com/2024/05/27/opi…

Objects removed from ⁦British Museum⁩ under investigation ⁦Chasing Aphrodite⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Malcolm Bell III ’63 *72 | Princeton Alumni Weekly

“Mac, a renowned archaeologist who helped prevent plunder of antiquities in Italy, died of a respiratory infection in Rome Jan. 7, 2024.”
paw.princeton.edu/memorial/malco…

If you’re tired of seeing my ridiculous selfies next to cultural heritage that’s been recovered from the US and reinstalled in Nepal, you’d better unfollow me now, because I’m just getting started! This torana came back from the Rubin Museum to Yempi Mahabihar in Patan.

Nepal's Department of Archaeology and the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign are jointly organizing a 'National Conference on Restitution of Heritage' from May 26-27 at Yalamaya Kendra in Patan Dhoka. Participants are requested to be seated by 1 pm for the opening ceremony on May 26th. 🇳🇵

Switzerland is returning 3 items looted from Nimrud and Hatra in the early 1990s after the second gulf war.

Reminder that the Aboutaams and Phoenix Ancient Art have been connected to the on-going criminal investigations of the Dib-Simonian network >

New: German Colonial Restitution Monitor by blog dekolonial-erinnern.de documents restitution efforts for material cultural heritage from colonial contexts by German public institutions.
National Museum of Tanzania Pius_Fanuel🇹🇿 Musée National du Cameroun Ciraj Rassool
RM*(restitution matters)
➡️ dekolonial-erinnern.de/new-german-col…