Museums are purging their collections of looted treasures. Can they also get something in return? And what does it mean to be a museum in the 21st century? (Part 3 of an updated <a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/stealing-art-is-easy-giving-it-back-is-hard/" rel="noopener noreferrer">series</a> originally published in 2023.)
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 <li>SOURCES:
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 <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-allan-52879031/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patricia Allan</a>, museum consultant, former curator of world cultures for the Glasgow Museums.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2018/met-names-andrea-bayer-deputy-director" rel="noopener noreferrer">Andrea Bayer</a>, deputy director for collections and administration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.si.edu/about/bios/lonnie-g-bunch-III" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lonnie G. Bunch III</a>, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.victorehi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Victor Ehikhamenor</a>, Nigerian writer and artist.</li>
 <li><a href="https://law.depaul.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/patty-gerstenblith.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patty Gerstenblith</a>, professor emeritus of law at DePaul University College of Law.</li>
 <li><a href="http://www.tomwilkening.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tom Wilkening</a>, professor of economics at the University of Melbourne.</li>
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<ul>
 <li>RESOURCES:
 <ul>
 <li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/09/arts/met-museum-looted-art.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="noopener noreferrer">After Seizures, the Met Sets a Plan to Scour Collections for Looted Art</a>," by Robin Pogrebin and Graham Bowley (The New York Times, 2023).</li>
 <li>"<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65531736" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nigeria Benin Bronzes: Buhari Declaration 'Blindsides' Museum Officials</a>," by Barnaby Phillips (B.B.C., 2023).</li>
 <li>"<a href="https://ncp.si.edu/sites/default/files/files/Ethical%20Return%20Docs/shared-stewardship-ethical-returns-policy_4.29.2022.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns Policy</a>," by the Smithsonian Ethical Returns Working Group (2022).</li>
 <li>"<a href="http://www.tomwilkening.com/images/Antiquities_Kremer_Wilkening_Aug_2015.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?</a>" by Michael Kremer and Tom Wilkening (Working Paper, 2015).</li>
 </ul></li>
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<ul>
 <li>EXTRAS:
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 <li>“<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/stealing-art-is-easy-giving-it-back-is-hard/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stealing Art Is Easy. Giving It Back Is Hard</a>,” series by Freakonomics Radio (2023).</li>
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