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Museums and Cultural Property: A Retreat from the Internationalist Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2005

Robert Hallman
Robert Hallman
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Stanford University Law School. Email: rhallman@gmail.com
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Abstract

Responding to J. H. Merryman's discussion of cultural property internationalism in the preceding IJCP issue, this article examines the currency of the internationalist perspective within the museum community. Perhaps surprisingly, there is little evidence of adherence to an internationalist perspective, at least among the official policies and publications of museums and museum organizations. The article proposes that the current dissociation with cultural internationalism in the acquisitions arena signals an important shift, and bears significant long-term consequences for many museums.

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International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 2005 , pp. 201 - 223
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© 2005 International Cultural Property Society

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