03377nam a22004695i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001300153072001700166072002300183072001500206100007700221245012400298250001800422264007900440300006200519336002600581337002600607338003600633347002400669505025300693520155300946650002102499650002302520650002302543650001302566650002702579650002102606650002302627650002102650650002202671710003402693773002602727776003602753776003602789776003602825856004602861978-3-031-56101-6DE-He21320251030112011.0cr nn 008mamaa240425s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315610167 a10.1007/978-3-031-56101-62doi 4aDT1-3415 7aHBJH2bicssc 7aHIS0010002bisacsh 7aNHH2thema1 aMerriman, Nick.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aReturning The Benin Bronzesh[electronic resource] :bA Case Study of the Horniman’s restitution /cby Nick Merriman.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXI, 105 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1: A Tipping Point in Restitution Claims -- Chapter 2: Reframing the Narrative -- Chapter 3: The Looting and its Legacy -- Chapter 4: The issues -- Chapter 5: After the Decision -- Chapter 6: Recent developments and longer term reflections.  aThis book offers a detailed case study of the transfer of ownership to Nigeria in November 2022 of the 72 artworks in the Horniman’s collections looted by the British from Benin City in 1897, as an occasion to explore the current state of the issue of restitution of cultural objects. It argues that we are at a tipping point, where decades of debate but little action about restitution is now changing to a period when at least the most egregious examples of colonial looting are being addressed. It summarises the key issues involved in these returns, outlines the processes and procedures undertaken by the Horniman, and offers recommendations and reflections for the future. Dr Nick Merriman was Chief Executive of the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London from 2018 –2024. In 2022 the organisation was awarded the Art Fund Museum of the Year prize. Previously he was Director of the Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester, and prior to that Reader in Museum and Heritage Studies at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is Honorary Professor of Museum Studies at UCL and the University of Manchester. Among many other appointments has been President of the Council for British Archaeology, and Chair of ICOM UK. He is known for his contributions to the development of public archaeology and museum studies, and for influencing the heritage sector around issues of cultural diversity, sustainability and the future of collections. He took up the role of Chief Executive of English Heritage in February 2024. 0aAfricaxHistory. 0aCultural property. 0aEthnologyxAfrica. 0aCulture. 0aCivilizationxHistory.14aAfrican History.24aCultural Heritage.24aAfrican Culture.24aCultural History.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303156100908iPrinted edition:z978303156102308iPrinted edition:z978303156103040uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56101-6