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Museum Wiesbaden Returns Ten Colonial-Era Skulls to Indonesia – a First for a German Museum

10. November 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie
Comic: museum staff and Indonesian guests at a handover

After several years of provenance research, the Hessian museum is handing ten human skulls from the Dutch colonial period to representatives of Indonesia’s government on 10 November 2026.

Categories Scene & Culture Tags colonial provenance, Ernst Albert Fritze, Hesse, human remains, Indonesia, Museum Wiesbaden, restitution

Egypt Asks Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum to Return the Mummified Head of Nekht

3. November 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie
Bright comic of a smiling red-haired Scottish curator shaking hands with a smiling Egyptian diplomat beside an empty display case in a red sandstone museum hall

Weeks after Kelvingrove removed the mummified head of Nekht from display, Egypt has formally requested its repatriation. Glasgow Life says it will follow its established process.

Categories Museums & Institutions Tags Egypt, Glasgow Life, human remains, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Nekht, repatriation, Scotland

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