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Museum Wiesbaden returns skulls to Indonesia
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05 Nov 2026
Indonesia
Germany
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08 Nov 2026
The Museum Wiesbaden will repatriate ten human skulls held in its collection to Indonesia, marking the first instance of a German institution returning items taken during the country’s Dutch colonial era.
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