Arts and Culture

Minnesota museums adapt to new federal rules regarding Native objects and remains

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"We have things in our collection that we can't display because they fall under the [NAGPRA] status. How do we get that across to the public? We landed on: How about an empty case?" The empty case at the Science Museum identifies sacred objects that have been in the collection that tribal consultants said were inappropriate to display.
Courtesy of Zach Vang, Science Museum of Minnesota
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