In 2006, Neil MacGregor, then director of the British Museum, confidently asserted “repatriation is yesterday’s question”. He was speaking against the backdrop of a loan of historic east African artefacts to the National Museums of Kenya. MacGregor argued that circulating historic artefacts in such a way made issues of ownership redundant. At the time, others disagreed; 12 years later, the question is emphatically today’s.
2006年，时任大英博物馆(British Museum)馆长尼尔•麦格雷戈(Neil MacGregor)曾自信地断言，“归还是昨天的问题”。他是在谈及出借给肯尼亚国家博物馆(National Museums of Kenya)的一批有历史意义的东非文物时说这番话的。麦格雷戈辩称，以这种方式交流历史文物，使得所有权讨论变得多余。当时就有人不同意他的看法；12年后，归还文物绝对是今天的问题。
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