Chip Colwell: Why museums are returning cultural treasures | TED Talk

Archaeologist and curator Chip Colwell collects artifacts for his museum, but he also returns them to where they came from. In a thought-provoking talk, he shares how some museums are confronting their legacies of stealing spiritual objects and pillaging ancient graves — and how they’re bridging divides with communities who are demanding the return of their cultural treasures.
— Read on www.ted.com/talks/chip_colwell_why_museums_are_returning_cultural_treasures