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Tiffany Jenkins is the author of Keeping Their Marbles: How The Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums, and Why They Should Stay There. We'll talk about why museums are important in the abstract. What happens to us as visitors to a museum that matters? It's an encounter with the past and with the people of the past.

Should the British Museum return the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Parthenon in Athens about 200 years ago? What should be the purpose of museums, education or social justice? Listen as Tiffany Jenkins, author of Keeping Their Marbles, discusses these questions and more with EconTalk host Russ Roberts.