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25
November
2024

Rotterdam becomes first Dutch city to return colonial-era objects to Indonesia

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📅 25 November 2024 📍 Nederland

The municipality returned two singa statues from Lombok and 66 objects from South Bali held by the Wereldmuseum. Local restitution extended the debate beyond national collections and recognized that city museums also hold items removed within colonial systems of violence and unequal power.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Rotterdam city officials

Indonesian representatives

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Municipality of Rotterdam

Wereldmuseum

Government of Indonesia