Celtic Treasures

Institutions where Celtic treasures are being held:

British Museum (London): http://www.britishmuseum.org/; email: information@britishmuseum.org; Tel: +44 (0)207323 8000 +44 (0)20 7323 8000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlightin)))

Imperial War Museum (London): www.iwm.org.uk; email: mail@iwm.org.uk; Tel: +44 (0)20 7416 5320; Fax: +44 (0)20 7416 5374

UK National Archives (Kew, London): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/; Tel: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth): http://www.llgc.org.uk/; Tel: +44 (0)1970 632 800; Email

Vatican Library: http://www.vaticanlibrary.va/home.php?ling=eng; Tel: +39/06698.79402; Fax: +39/06698.84795; E-mail

University of Cambridge Library: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/; Tel: 01223 333000; Fax: 01223 333160 end_of_the_skype_high; Email: library@lib.cam.ac.uk

News articles relating to the return of artefacts to Celtic countries:

Appeal to Return William Wallace Letter (BBC online: 23/01/11)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12262174

Salmond Gambit for Return of Chessmen (The Oberserver: o6/01/08) -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jan/06/uk.scotland

William Wallace Passport -

http://www.medievalarchives.com/tag/scotland/page/2

News articles relating to the return of artefacts:

Law Professor Said Action to Bring Stolen Relics Difficult (09/12/10)

http://www.chinahourly.com/culture/9275/

Historic Treasure Returns to Yorkshire Museum -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/york/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8870000/8870717.stm

Return of Peruvian artefacts from Yale University -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6998408.stm

Proposed New Russian Law on Return of Cultural Artefacts -

http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=21376&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=209

Return of Nigerian Arefacts by France -

http://www.modernghana.com/news/261494/1/france-returns-looted-artefacts-to-nigeria-beginni.html 

Sale of Stolen Artefacts -

http://www.modernghana.com/news/309827/1/they-are-selling-queen-mother-idia-mask-and-we-are.html 

Return of Nazi Loot -

http://www.moneyweek.com/investments/art-the-return-of-nazi-loot-46910.aspx

Lybia Welcomes Return of Ancient Relics from Britain -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10175793

Documents relating to the return of arefacts:

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 1970 -

http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13039&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

UNESCO, Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit (Secretariat Report, 25-28 March 2003)

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001295/129554e.pdf

Western Museums Should Agree to Requests to Repatriate Cultural Artefacts (06/05/2010)

http://www.debatingmatters.com/topicguides/topicguide/cultural_artefacts/#

The Return of Cultural Property:  National and International Mechanisms -

http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~Sinclair/ALGY399_Site/return.html

Negotiating History:Nationalism and Cultural Property in modern Iraq - Dr. Magnus Bernhardsson -

http://www.smi.uib.no/pal/Abstract_Lund_07MB.pdf

Return of Icelandic Manuscripts:

http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/Kolding_Nielsen02.pdf

The Return of Cultural Treasures: Greenfield, J

http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/02161/frontmatter/9780521802161_frontmatter.pdf

Whose Right? The Repatriation of Cultural property:

http://www.america.gov/st/peopleplace-english/2010/October/20101022140412aidan0.7519953.html