Universal museums, museum objects and repatriation: The tangled stories of things

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Curtis, Neil G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biography of objects; Declaration on universal museums; Human remains; Repatriation; Source communities; The role of museums in society

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744919032     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647770600402102     Document Type: Article

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