TED Talks
Chip Colwell: Why museums are returning cultural treasures
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2018 • E267 Sep 19, 2018 15mArchaeologist and curator Chip Colwell collects artifacts for his museum, but he also returns them to where they came from. In a thought-provoking talk, he shares how some museums are confronting their legacies of stealing spiritual objects and pillaging ancient graves — and how they're bridging divides with communities who are demanding the return of their cultural treasures.
