American Museum of Natural History in NYC closing two halls featuring Native American objects – NBC Bay Area
New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects.
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New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects.
NEW YORK CITY — New York’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects starting Saturday, acknowledging the exhibits are “severely outdated” and contain culturally
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City is closing exhibits with Native American objects due to new federal regulations. The president of the museum, Sean M. Decatur, sent a letter to staff members in which he noted new regulations that include “expanded requirements for consultation and consent for the exhibition of and […]
New regulations from the Department of the Interior have aimed to hasten the repatriation of human remains and other cultural objects to Indigenous groups.
New federal regulations are behind the closure of two galleries and the removal of other displays of Native American objects at the museum.