Just a few of the looted Benin Bronzes now on display in Detroit's @DIADetroit. Their return to the Royal Court of Benin is long overdue #MuseumsUnlocked #USA #BeninDisplays
Just a few of the looted Benin Bronzes in the collections of UCLA's @FowlerMuseum. Their return to the Royal Court of Benin is long overdue. #MuseumsUnlocked #USA #BeninDisplays
A couple of looted Benin Bronzes in the collections of @UCBerkeley's @HearstMuseum. Their return to the Royal Court of Benin is long overdue. #MuseumsUnlocked #USA #BeninDisplays
Just a few of the looted Benin Bronzes in the collections of @Penn's @pennmuseum. Their return to the Royal Court of Benin is long overdue. #MuseumsUnlocked #USA #BeninDisplays
Just one of an unknown number of looted Benin Bronzes held by @Harvard's @peabodymuseum. Their return to the Royal Court of Benin is long overdue. #MuseumsUnlocked #USA #BeninDisplays
Just a few of an unknown number (n>34) of looted Benin Bronzes in the collections of Chicago's @FieldMuseum. Their return to the Royal Court of Benin is long overdue #MuseumsUnlocked #USA #BeninDisplays
I could go on all day obvs, from east coast to west, but hopefully you get the idea. Anyone who'd like to know if their local city or campus museum has looted Benin material, DMs are open #MuseumsUnlocked
We can only hope that colleagues in the USA will keep joining the dots between the #BlackLivesMatter actions to remove racist statues and the question of removing displays of war trophies taken from Africa, and returning objects when their restitution is requested.
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