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635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?

635. Can a Museum Be the Conscience of a Nation?

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Nicholas Cullinan, the new director of the British Museum, seems to think so. “I'm not afraid of the past,” he says — which means talking about looted objects, the basement storerooms, and the leaking roof. We take the guided tour.

  • SOURCES:
    • Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum.

  • RESOURCES:
    • "Inside the British Museum: stolen treasures and a £1bn revamp," by Alice Thomson (The Times, 2025).
    • "British Museum gems for sale on eBay - how a theft was exposed," by Katie Razzall, Larissa Kennelly, and Darin Graham (BBC, 2024).
    • "British Museum chief Nicholas Cullinan: ‘I start with the idea that everything is possible,'" by Jan Dalley (Financial Times, 2024).
    • "Who Benefits When Western Museums Return Looted Art?" by David Frum (The Atlantic, 2022).
    • The Will of Sir Hans Sloane, by Sir Hans Sloane (1753).
    • The Portland Vase (The British Museum).

  • EXTRAS:
    • "Stealing Art Is Easy. Giving It Back Is Hard." by Freakonomics Radio (2023).

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