Returning colonial-era heritage and the law – looking back to move forward

In the fall of last year (2020), the Dutch Raad voor Cultuur has issued an advice on how the Dutch government and Dutch museums (and the broader public in the Netherlands in general) should deal with the continuing presence of colonial-era heritage in Dutch museum collections. The report constitutes a crucial step towards addressing the continued presence of colonial-era heritage in Dutch (and European) museums. It also raises a number of questions, in particular how do we go forward from here.