We identified 39,000 Indigenous Australian objects in UK museums. Repatriation is one option, but takes time to get right
- Written by: Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University
Shield, collected by Admiral John Elphinstone Erskine, c.1851. National Museums Scotland. Photo: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.Campaigns for the repatriation of certain objects in prominent museums dominate media reporting on the fraught legacies of historical collections. The Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles, Benin Bronzes, and the “Gweagal&...
