21: Returning Museum Treasures

About this episode

The episode discusses the pressure on U.S. museums to return works acquired through aggressive collecting tactics in the past.

Today many U.S. museums are facing a reckoning for their aggressive collecting tactics of the past. The Indiana Jones era is over, and there is tremendous pressure on museums to return any works acquired during the days when collecting could be sometimes better described as looting and plundering. Join the Saint Helena forum for a facinating discussion of this topic between two museum professionals Jane Milosch and Peggy Loar.

People in this episode

Host: Saint Helena Forum

Guests: Jane Milosch, Peggy Loar

Topics covered

• museum ethics
• repatriation
• cultural heritage
• collecting practices
• looting
• museum professionals

Keywords

• museum treasures
• repatriation
• Indiana Jones
• collecting tactics
• cultural heritage
• looting
• plundering

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