Please join us for the virtual roundtable PRESERVING PALESTINE: Cultural Heritage Under Settler-Colonialism sponsored by MELA, on November 20 at 9am San Francisco, 12pm NYC, 6pm London, 7pm Jerusalem, and 8pm Johannesburg. Register at buff.ly/3MIunJI

On Restitution Updates Today Switzerland returns centuries-old mummies to Bolivia in landmark repatriation ceremony. Find details in this article by Theo Farrant. nz.news.yahoo.com/switzerland-re… Germany's parliamentary Budget Committee sets up national restitution governance in

Museum and Heritage workers, do not miss this publication.

'Tory source says ‘it became impossible for meeting to go ahead’ after Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged return of antiquities to Athens' theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

What do Museums Association people think of these conversational captions at Manchester Art Gallery ?

Don't miss the final #VirtualGatherings conversation about restitution exploring the #rematriation of cultural heritage. Part of the #LivesofObjects project 🗿 📅 When? 07.12.23, 4 PM 💸 How much? Free Register 👇 goethe.de/ins/gb/en/m/ve… Curated by Sofia Lovegrove

The final #LivesOfObjects: #VirtualGathering #4 On Rematriation takes place this Thu 7 Dec at 16h GMT with @anoghana @nanaoforiattaayim @kuwaha and Dr. Robin R.R. Gray 💭 Register now 👇 goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.… Moderated by Sherry Davis Curated by Sofia Lovegrove

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Trending Globally on Restitution Today Irish repatriation committee holds first meeting. Find details in this article by Simon Stephens.museumsassociation.org/museums-journa… In Open Letter, Artists Accuse Western Museums of ‘Silencing and Stigmatizing’ Palestinian Voices. Read more about

A new volume on numerous aspects of "Provenance Research on Collections from Colonial Contexts" (including some Namibian case studies) has just been published - entirely open access 👇 books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/arthistoricum/…

Another Hugeeeeeewee News. We are excited to announce that 28 of our Royal heritage in Linden Museum will be returning home with our Queen Mother #Ngonnso. Thank you Petra Olschowski Wissenschaft.Kunst.BW: Board Linden-Museum Stuttgart for keeping to your words and for putting in efforts. It has

Minister Petra Olschowski openly affirms Wissenschaft.Kunst.BW decision to return the 28 cultural heritage to Nso. Thank you prof De Castro and the incredible team of the Linden-Museum Stuttgart who have set the path for what open and trustful dialogues could look in the process of restitution.

🚨See below for the Heritage and Colonialism Discussion Group Lent Term Card! More exciting events coming this term around the theme "It's Complicated"!

How many stories can a museum object tell? 💫100 Histories of 100 Worlds in 1 Object 🌍 This year we're working on a book project & will present our project in the academic & curatorial world. Come & hear us Goldsmiths, University of London London this Wednesday: gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=1…

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"I don’t think New Yorkers are losing out when Nepal or other communities regain their sacred artifacts, because I don’t think keeping them here tells us much about what was so important about them in the first place." Wise words on what museums can and cannot do.

👇The 2nd episode from Johanna Z-Sharp & Heba Abd el Gawad | هبة عبد الجواد, part of our Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Mobilising Collections Histories for Institutional Change'. Read: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/egypt-horniman… Listen: tinyurl.com/36y4hy5f

Loving these conversations that make transparent & reflect upon museum ‘backstage’ practices. Thank you for sharing the ongoing work of our Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project ‘Mobilising collections for institutional change’. Podcast 3 of Only Collections in the Building series 👇