The Role of Leasing Antiquities in Museums

Stephen Dubner: Museums will have more objects than they can actually put in their museum at one time. He says the King Tut exhibit could be a good template for how to do traveling exhibits. The Smithsonian has worked out an arrangement with Nigeria that allows some of its artifacts to be leased abroad. Stephen Dubner: Is this third path of repatriation the best way forward? We'll find out soon.