The Role of the Museums (International Versus the National) on the Increasing Scale of the Trade of Cultural Objects. Different Agendas and Frames of Confronting Existing Policies and Data on This Trade.

EasyChair Preprint 15603

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present current challenges that international and national museums are facing with the increasing amount of regulation on protecting cultural heritage and the obtained data on the legal and illegal trade of cultural objects. For the purposes of this research we will be focusing not only on antiquities but on cultural objects in general. Firstly the trade of artefacts will be defined. Then the different scope of the international versus national museums will be given. Moreover it will be examined the great amount of the international and national law on the protection of cultural heritage. The main research question is what is the response of the museums to the expanding tense of regulating against the illegal trade of artefacts. Our hypothesis is that since 1970 museums mainly the international ones tend to be more careful to their policies towards acquisitions. Therefore it is more than obvious that international law on protecting cultural heritage affect museums’ attitude. Of course the greatest challenge that museums have to face with is the big data on the legal and illegal trade of artefacts. Are they able to cope with this increasing scale especially of the illegal one? Is the existing legislation the most effective tool to prevent such a phenomenon? How can current international museums respond to the challenges of increasing size of the illegal trade and the possibility of acquiring a tainted object? These are some of the questions that will be explored which open ‘windows’ for further research and concern.

Keyphrases: Illegal trade, artefacts, cultural heritage, international, national museums

@booklet{EasyChair:15603,
  author    = {Sofia Chatzidi},
  title     = {The Role of the Museums (International Versus the National) on the Increasing Scale of the Trade of Cultural Objects. Different Agendas and Frames of Confronting Existing Policies and Data on This Trade.},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 15603},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}