[CPProt.net] "History Twice Removed" Tour ‹ with Professor Senta German

[Cindy Ho]

Among the many important and beautiful pieces in many museums, there are
scores of objects that come from illegally looted archaeological sites, were
stolen from museums or are regarded as fakes. Yet to the lay visitor, these
facts are utterly hidden. The aim of this tour is to reveal these truths and
present the dual injury that this situation inflicts upon archaeological and
historical research: first, the destruction of the site-specific information
which their now-lost archaeological context would have provided and second,
how, lacking this information, they must remain mute and useless in the
construction of broader historical and cultural frameworks.

Sunday February 6, Metropolitan Museum of Art at 10:30am

Please contact Cindy Ho to make a reservation at cho at savingantiquities.org,
917-916-5748.

"History Twice Removed" is part of the "SAFE Tours" series offered by SAFE
(Saving Antiquities For Everyone), the non profit organization with the
mission to raise public awareness about the importance of preserving
cultural heritage worldwide and address the destructive effects of the
illicit antiquities trade.