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Museum Rietberg Park-Villa Rieter, Vortragssaal, Seestrasse 110, 8002 Zürich
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Museum Rietberg
Forum: Restitution and Beyond
On the occasion of the current exhibitions on Benin at the Museum Rietberg and the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich, experts from university, museum and art from both Nigeria and Switzerland will discuss the future of Benin's cultural heritage and opportunities for cooperation between Nigerian and Swiss museums at the Restitution Forum. The public event will focus on the conclusion of the Benin Initiative Switzerland as well as the discussion of the initiated processes of a possible transfer of ownership regarding the objects that were looted or most likely looted in 1897.
Among the international guests, there will be Olugbile Holloway, Director General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria, and Prof. Bénédicte Savoy from TU Berlin. A panel discussion will round off contributions from individual speakers.
Detailed program following soon.
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