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Three Swiss Museums Will Return 28 Bronzes to nigeria...

9 of the objects will stay in Switzerland despite the change of ownership

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Heritage. the Geneva Museum of Ethnography Restores Sacred Objects to Nigeria: "These Objects Have a Very Deep Spiritual Aspect"

This weekend, several Swiss museums, including the Museum of Ethnography of Geneva, returned objects to Nigeria. A process of repair and collaboration, since these objects are among those destroyed in 1897 during the bag of the Royal Palace of Benin by British troops... An interesting story.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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Controversial Antiquities of Colonialism: Why Three Museums Give Back Their Benin Bronzes

Historian Esther Tisa of the Zurich Museum Rietberg about a significant restitution and its consequences.

2 days ago·Zürich, Switzerland

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Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

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«Benin-Bronzen»: Cultural Assets Go Back From Switzerland to Nigeria

The cities of Geneva and Zurich transfer the property rights of 28 "Benin-Bronzen" back to Nigeria.

2 days ago·Zürich, Switzerland

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Radio France Internationale

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Three Swiss Museums Will Return 28 Bronzes to nigeria...

3 days ago·Paris, France

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bluewin.ch

Swiss museums return Benin objects once looted from Nigeria

It has been a long process, but now three Swiss museums are returning Benin objects once looted by the British to Nigeria. However, some of them remain on loan.

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