Asian Civilisations Museum

"MASSIVE HEIST" Museums, auction houses and private collectors are facing intensifying calls to return valuable artefacts to Asian and African nations, among others, who say the items were nicked from them by criminal or unethical means.…

PROVENANCE CHECKS The International Council of Museums (ICOM), which represents more than 40,000 museums in over 141 countries, prescribes strict ethical code of conduct against the acquisition of stolen or illicit artefacts. The ICOM…