Several museums around the world have recently engaged in the repatriation of cultural artifacts. The Met Museum signed an agreement with Thailand for the return of two 11th-century statues in a ceremonial signing attended by Met director Max Hollein and Thai cultural representatives. Similarly, the FBI Boston facilitated the return of 22 historic artifacts that were recently recovered and had been missing for nearly 80 years to the People of Okinawa at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum. Additionally, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts returned a 3,000-year-old Egyptian child's coffin to Sweden after discovering it was stolen. The British Museum also returned stolen artifacts from the 19th century to the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, Ghana.
Boston museum returns sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian mummy to Swedish museum https://t.co/8phAxzFDnT
Back where they belong: Last month, the British Museum returned a number of artefacts which were stolen from the court of the Asante king during the19th century. The objects were unveiled at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region, Ghana. https://t.co/snnFRIkfQS
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is forced to return 3,000-year-old Egyptian child's coffin to Sweden after learning it was stolen https://t.co/DvHmKdMGiB https://t.co/H7J6M610lD
#BREAKING: At a formal repatriation ceremony at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum today, 22 historic artifacts that were missing for almost 80 years & were recently recovered by #FBI Boston were repatriated by the U.S. to the People of Okinawa. https://t.co/uZJR4BrC3Q https://t.co/wCHQfFahpZ
Met Museum and Thailand sign a cultural-property agreement, marking the return of two 11th-century statues in a ceremonial signing attended by Met director Max Hollein and Thai cultural representatives @metmuseum https://t.co/SSimx68324