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Ever since explorers, scientists and soldiers started travelling the world and bringing back treasures, France has upheld the principle of the “inalienability” of public heritage. The works that are ...
Zoomorphic récade featuring fish and a ram spitting lightning, from Abomey, ancient kingdom of Danhomè, Benin (copyright Vincent Girier Dufour) An auction of African artifacts in Nantes, France last ...
Native American leaders convened for an emergency meeting in Washington to contest the coming auction of hundreds of sacred objects in Paris Native American leaders have pleaded with France to “look ...
La Perouse Museum curator Roxanne Fea said as part of Objets français she reached out to other collecting organisations and people in the community with an interest in French heritage. “One of the ...
The French cabinet discussed a draft law yesterday allowing the restitution of 26 looted artefacts to Benin and a historic sword to Senegal, the first legislative step towards fulfilling French ...
On the southern edge of Paris, a five-thousand-square-foot basement houses the city’s lost possessions. The Bureau of Found Objects, as it is officially called, is more than two hundred years old, and ...
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