Brooklyn Museum Repatriates 1,300 Pre-Columbian Artifacts to Costa Rica

The Brooklyn Museum is voluntarily repatriating 1,300 artifacts back to the National Museum of Costa Rica.Amongst the many valuable artworks included, there is a range of pre-Columbian sculptures and vases, to tools, ceramic vessels and figurines. The repatriation effort first started back in October of 2020, when the Brooklyn Museum sought to return these valuables on its own accord -- without request or any sort of judicial process.Going back nearly a century, the artifacts first belonged to a...