• @[email protected]
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    151 year ago

    British Museum gets a lot of hate but there are plenty of museums that’s have walked off with others countries treasure. The Pergamon museum in Berlin took literal chunks of ancient cities

    • @[email protected]
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      141 year ago

      Germany is returning stolen artifacts, and even getting criticism for it when it backfires like it happened with the Benin Bronzes (which the Nigerian government gave to the former royal family and are not available to the general public in any country now).

      • IWantToFuckSpez
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        -51 year ago

        But the Benin Bronzes were stolen from the royal palace. They weren’t available for the general public before they were stolen. It’s up to the royal family if they should be put up for display since it is their property.

    • @TIEPilot
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      41 year ago

      How about we make them all give it back or make reforms to show them in host countries while the origin country retains ancestral ownership? Kinda like loaning art out.

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        1 year ago

        Does that extend to all the artifacts they purchased? If I buy a painting from an artist, and years later their grandchild demands it back saying it’s a family heirloom, am I under any obligation to return it?

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      True. I’d never be one to argue that BM should get less hate, but I’d also never be one to argue that you shouldn’t ALSO hate on others for doing the same thing…