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Overheard a curator at the Field Museum saying they found looted artifacts in their own storage and it got me thinking...
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jessej231mo agoMost Upvoted
Yo, this is heavy. I totally feel you on this - walking through those museum halls knowing some of those pieces might have been taken from communities that never got them back. It's a tough thing to sit with, especially when you realize museums have been sitting on this info for years or decades. Makes you wonder how many other institutions are holding onto stuff that was never meant to leave where it came from. You think they'll actually do anything about it or just keep it all locked away?
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lewis.mila1mo ago
Expand on that, @jessej23. Some museums are already starting to return pieces, but it's mostly the ones getting a lot of public pressure. Until people stop visiting those places or making a stink about it, most will keep the stuff locked away and call it "research.
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