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Returns: Rethinking Objects, Knowledge, and Relationships at the Fowler Museum

November 4, 2024 | 6:00PM - 8:00PM

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On February 5, 2024, the Fowler returned a group of objects to His Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the 16th Asante King (Asantehene). On July 23, 2024, twenty historical treasures were returned to the Warumungu community in Tennant Creek, in the northern Territory of Australia. Fowler Director Silvia Forni and Senior Curator Erica P. Jones will reflect on two important returns of Fowler objects to Ghana and Australia and discuss what museums gain when they let go of certain material.  

This program is part of the Ground Breaking Lecture Series and organized by the Waystation Initiative, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.

Photo by AP Photo/Misper Apawu



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