restitute
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He would like to see "more freedom for museums, but then a kind of backstop, a committee where we would have to appeal if we wanted to restitute items".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
The decision to restitute them follows several years of contacts between Berlin’s museum authority and Colombia, and an official Colombian request last year for their return.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Macron said the 26 pieces will be given back at the end of October, “because to restitute these works to Africa is to give African young people access to their culture.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
“But not to restitute is even more difficult.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2018
The fact is she adores her son, and her heart is breaking at the idea that he may be obliged to restitute what he has stolen from me.
From The Widow Lerouge by Émile Gaboriau
After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the panels were restituted to the monastic community at Vyšší Brod, which has entrusted them to the Agnes Cloister of the National Gallery for all to see.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
In 2024, the Manhyia Palace Museum received 67 restituted or loaned cultural objects from institutions including the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
"I am sure all these objects eventually are going to be restituted because the ethical code of museums is changing, it's just a matter of when," said Hanna.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2022
John Littman said the family has worked to get around eight pieces restituted.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2019
But these specific agreements, with the immense advantages that flow from them, are not possible unless territory now occupied is reciprocally restituted.
The agency said it had "detected fraudulent diversion of public money by various Reliance Anil Ambani group companies" and that it was "committed to restituting" the proceeds of these crimes to "their rightful claimants".
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
The Met said in a statement that it was following its “long and well-documented history of responding to claims regarding works of art, restituting objects where appropriate.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
The museum has “a long and well documented history of responding to claims regarding works of art, restituting objects where appropriate, being transparent about the provenance of works in the collection,” the statement said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
“Restituting the Iraqi artifacts for me means restituting our self-esteem and confidence in Iraqi society,” he said, speaking through a translator.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Some cases have made their way through the courts, but Poland has never passed a comprehensive law that would regulate restituting or compensating seized properties.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
