Experts say loss of 1,500 items reveals lax cataloguing and boosts case for returning objects to countries of origin
The British Museum doesn’t have enough money to pay their people and apparently not enough to beef up their securityMarinello says he would be happy to help the British Museum track down and reclaim the missing objects, and what’s more he would not charge a fee for his work.
The primary objective of any museum, he says, should be to “record its objects” immediately on taking possession of them. “It’s the foremost priority and most basic responsibility,” he says. “But I’m afraid that the British Museum won’t see this an opportunity,” Tsirogiannis continues. “Instead they will deal with it as an unfortunate isolated incident in the hope it will soon be forgotten.”
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