A museum's confession: Why we have looted objects

An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly around efforts to repatriate artifacts looted from other countries.

A museum's confession: Why we have looted objects
A view of <em>Moving Objects: Learning from Local and Global Communities</em> on show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.

An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly around efforts to repatriate artifacts looted from other countries.

(Image credit: Kevin Candland)