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Pennsylvania Museum Apologises For Collecting Skulls Of Black Americans
A museum in Pennsylvania apologised for collecting the skulls of Black Americans. The museum also vowed to return the skulls to their communities.
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A museum in Pennsylvania on Monday, April 12, apologised for collecting the skulls of Black Americans. The museum also vowed to return the skulls to their respective communities. The director of Penn Museum, Dr. Christopher Woods, issued a statement in which he expressed regret and on behalf of the museum and the University of Pennsylvania of Archaeology and Anthropology. “The Penn Museum and the University of Pennsylvania apologize for the unethical possession of human remains in the Morton Collection”, said Dr. Woods.
By Christopher Brito
April 13, 2021 / 5:11 PM / CBS News
A museum in Philadelphia apologized on Monday for collecting the skulls of Black Americans and vowed to return them to their respective communities. Dr. Christopher Woods, the director of the Penn Museum, expressed regret in a statement on behalf of the museum and the University of Pennsylvania of Archaeology and Anthropology for the unethical possession of human remains. It is time for these individuals to be returned to their ancestral communities, wherever possible, as a step toward atonement and repair for the racist and colonial practices that were integral to the formation of these collections, Woods said. He also said they will reassess their practices of collecting, stewarding, displaying and researching humans.