Philly Art Museum Preps to Return Native Sacred Treasures Home
Published Date: 3/19/2025
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is planning to return sacred and culturally important items to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This move follows a law that respects their heritage and rights. The repatriation will happen soon, showing the museum’s commitment to doing the right thing without any cost to the public.
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Museum to Return Sacred Items to Tribes
The Philadelphia Museum of Art intends to return certain sacred objects and items of cultural patrimony to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The museum says the repatriation will occur and that it will be carried out without cost to the public.
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