People view colonial-era artifacts that have been returned from the Netherlands, at the main Museum in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec. 5, 2023.

The Netherlands is returning nearly 500 items looted in colonial times from Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The objects include art, jewels and other cultural artifacts.

Two Dutch museums returned nearly 500 cultural objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka that were looted during the colonial era, including gold and silverware, statues, weapons and hundreds of artworks.

In line with this, they have initiated a research programme as a first step towards the restitution of such cultural objects.

Rijksmuseum The Netherlands has announced that it will return 478 colonial artifacts looted from Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Netherlands Rekha Gunasekera met with Dutch Minister Eppo Bruins on Monday (September 30) in The Hague to discuss advancing the repatriation of a second batch of colonial ...

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