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542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Benefits of Repatriating Looted Art

Dan Hicks: If you give back the Benin bronzes, there'll be a war and they'll be damaged by bonds. Even the British Museum has sold off objects that were taken in 1897. All those things that those myths say might happen if they're given back have happened here in the UK. David Boganos: Who Benefits When Western Museums Return Luded Art?

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