Anthropology › Section B · Methods › Topic B.6
Collections, museums, and repatriation
Museums and archives hold millions of objects, documents and human remains gathered over two centuries. They are vital for research, but many were taken without consent, and descendant communities are now reshaping who cares for them, who interprets them and where they belong.
In this topic
- Research in the archive
- Caring for objects
- Provenience and provenance
- Who owns the past? US law
- NAGPRA
- Repatriating knowledge
- Restitution across borders
- Who interprets the past?
- Worked example: Great Zimbabwe
- Worked example: a box in storage
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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