Virginia Art Museum Plans Return of Native Cultural Treasures
Published Date: 7/30/2025
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Summary
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is planning to return some important cultural items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This is part of a law that helps protect and respect Native heritage. The museum is working on this now, making sure these treasures go back to the right communities without any cost to them.
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Museum to Return Tribal Cultural Items
If you are a member of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization listed in this notice, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts intends to return certain items that are defined as objects of cultural patrimony. The return is being done under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the museum will repatriate these items at no cost to the recipient groups.
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