UK museums should be honest about being stuffed with stolen goods
Title: UK museums should be honest about being stuffed with stolen goods
Author: Alice Procter
Media Outlet: The Guardian
Publish Date: February 20, 2019
“(…) We need a new type of museum: one that’s not afraid to admit it doesn’t have all the answers and actually welcomes critique and dissent, that will let in a multiplicity of responses and voices without defensiveness. We need a different script on acquisition, possession and repatriation: it’s not enough to insist that finders are keepers, or to hide behind outdated acts that don’t actually prevent the disposal of objects.”