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Should artifacts taken during colonial times be returned to their original countries?

For

They belong to the culture that created them.

Against

Current museums protect and preserve them better.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Apology? No, but returning all the stolen artefacts is necessary.
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  • They should give back all the stolen artifacts
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Against

  • Legally the British museum cannot give anything they own to anyone but are allowed to loan it for a time to another museum.
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  • There's only so much space to store everything. Even now we have museums full of undisplayed artifacts.
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