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Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island

Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific
Entertainment - ABC News - Yesterday
Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island

Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific
World - ABC News - Yesterday
Investigators Say a High-Profile Dealer Trafficked 2,000 Looted Artifacts

In an arrest warrant for Edoardo Almagià, a Princeton-educated antiquities dealer, the Manhattan district attorney’s office detailed what it described as decades of illicit transactions.
Top stories - The New York Times - November 1
Follow Your Nose to the Next Museum Exhibit

Museums are adding scents as another tool for communicating information about science and other subjects in their exhibits.
Science - The New York Times - November 3
Hew Locke’s subversive interrogation of the British Museum collection

The artist’s pairing of unfamiliar African, Asian and South American objects with his own sculptures reveals dark and complex stories
Business - Financial Times - October 19
Celebrities Hit the Red Carpet at the Academy Museum Gala

The Academy Museum Gala delivered what red carpets are made for.
Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 21
Zombies Are Real? A Museum Tries to Bury a Hollywood Myth.

The undead monsters we know from movies and TV are distortions of a figure with roots in the religious practices of Haiti.
Top stories - The New York Times - October 31
British Museum given £1bn of Chinese ceramics

The donation includes 1,700 items which date back to the third century.
Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday

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