Indonesia displays more than 800 objects returned from the Netherlands

Descendants could apply to change surnames linked to enslavers without paying the normal administrative fee. The measure addressed a concrete legacy of imposed naming, but did not establish collective...

Curaçao’s prime minister signed the treaty on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Associate membership enables participation in regional cooperation and trade, but the agreement excludes Curaçao...

The state returned 288 objects after Indonesia requested their restitution. They included four Hindu-Buddhist sculptures and 284 objects taken during the 1906 Dutch conquest of southern Bali. The...

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...

At the request of the United States and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas, the Dutch government decided to return seven objects from the national collection. The objects had been taken in the late...

The government reported on the memorial year, community grant schemes, research and other recognition measures. The program continued through 2027, but critics maintained that state-funded projects...

The Dutch government agreed to return 119 objects looted during the 1897 British invasion of Benin City, including objects held by state and Rotterdam collections. Nigerian claims and provenance...

A Pueblo delegation received seven objects, including a sacred winter drum, in a return ceremony at Wereldmuseum Leiden. The return answered a long-running community claim and recognized that...

The two Caribbean countries introduced a shared currency through their monetary union. Currency issuance is a marker of institutional cooperation and local decision-making, while the islands remain...

The objects were formally handed over at Lagos’s National Museum after the Netherlands recognized that they had been looted in 1897. The return was described as the largest physical return of Benin...