Designing a museum of the world’s stolen cultural treasures

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UNESCO is creating a virtual museum of stolen cultural artifacts to help call attention to heritage trafficking but also to help find and return pieces. INTERPOL’s database of stolen cultural objects includes 52,000 paintings, sculptures, statues and religious items. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Ernesto Ottone, UNESCO’s assistant director-general for culture about the online museum, which debuts in 2025.

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