Just a few of the looted Benin Bronzes now on display in Detroit& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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 https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> 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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