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Why museums are returning cultural treasures | Chip Colwell

Why museums are returning cultural treasures | Chip Colwell

Chip shares how some museums are confronting their legacies of stealing spiritual objects and pillaging ancient graves

TED Talks Daily · TED

September 20, 201813m 0s

Show Notes

Archaeologist and curator Chip Colwell collects artifacts for his museum, but he also returns them to where they came from. In a thought-provoking talk, he shares how some museums are confronting their legacies of stealing spiritual objects and pillaging ancient graves -- and how they're bridging divides with communities who are demanding the return of their cultural treasures.

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