Do historical objects belong in their country of origin? Scholars --and possessors-- consider one of the most contentious questions facing the West’s museums, galleries and collectors.

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/do-historical-objects-belong-their-country-origin

After a Century Abroad, a Collection of Cuneiform Is Heading Home to Iraq

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ur-cuneiform-tablet-repatriation

Yale returns Inca artifacts to Peru

https://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132083890/yale-returns-machu-picchu-artifacts-to-peru

Will the British Museum Ever Return These Artifacts?

https://www.history.com/news/british-museum-stolen-artifacts-nigeria

Recovering the art of the Holocaust

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/recovering-stolen-art-from-the-holocaust

How looting threatens to erase Mongolia's history and that of Genghis Khan

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2017/oct/26/beyond-ghengis-khan-how-looting-threatens-to-erase-mongolias-history

Sacred artifacts stolen from a Native American tribe are finally returned over 100 years later

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/11/us/native-american-artifacts-returned-trnd/index.html

In New Zealand

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stolen-maori-treasure-returned-292086

Who should own indigenous art?

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150421-who-should-own-indigenous-art

What’s in museums and collections near you?

Grand Challenge: Valuing World Cultures

ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism