Egypt
http://tinyurl.com/zca5r (Yahoo! News)
"To improve the transparency of acquisitions, the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) released new guidelines last month on loans of antiquities and ancient art. The guidelines, among other things, say loans should conform to US laws, while lenders should provide evidence of a work of art's provenance history and museums must be prepared to undertake additional inquiries if appropriate. The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) applauded the effort but still saw 'shortcomings' in the new guidelines, saying that they failed to require that acquisitions comply with the laws of the country of origin."
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Egypt
Improving transparency of acquisitions in the US
http://tinyurl.com/zca5r (Yahoo! News)
"To improve the transparency of acquisitions, the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) released new guidelines last month on loans of antiquities and ancient art. The guidelines, among other things, say loans should conform to US laws, while lenders should provide evidence of a work of art's provenance history and museums must be prepared to undertake additional inquiries if appropriate. The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) applauded the effort but still saw 'shortcomings' in the new guidelines, saying that they failed to require that acquisitions comply with the laws of the country of origin."
See the full story on the above URL.
- New Book: Whose Culture?
Princeton University Press The international controversy over who "owns" antiquities has pitted museums against archaeologists and source countries where ancient artifacts are found. In his book Who Owns Antiquity?, James Cuno argued that antiquities...
- New Standards On Collecting Of Archaeological Material, Ancient Art
Huliq News The American Association of Museums (AAM) today announced the establishment of standards regarding museum acquisition of archaeological material and ancient art that emphasize proper provenance of such objects and complete transparency on...
- Museums Set Stricter Guidelines For Acquiring Antiquities
New York Times (Randy Kennedy) After a year and half of deliberations, the directors of the country’s largest art museums will announce new guidelines on Wednesday for how their institutions should collect antiquities, a volatile issue that has led...
- Who Owns Antiquity?
The Wall Street Journal (James Cuno) For years, archaeologists have lobbied for national and international laws, treaties, and conventions to prohibit the international movement in antiquities. For many of these years, U.S. art museums that collect antiquities...
- Loans Of Archaeological Material
Looting Matters (David Gill) Not strictly Egyptology, but certainly directly relevant, this piece by David Gill (member of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology at Swansea University, Wales) on his Looting Matters blog looks at the...