Keyser_Soze Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Was That Painting Stolen by Nazis? New York Museums Are Now Required to Tell You WWW.SMITHSONIANMAG.COM A new law directs museums to "prominently place a placard" acknowledging Nazi-looted art Quote In New York, a new law aims to confront the painful legacy of the Holocaust: The state’s museums are now required to acknowledge if a work of art was stolen by the Nazi regime. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the law on August 10 as part of a legislative package aimed at honoring and supporting Holocaust survivors. Beginning immediately, museums will need to “prominently place a placard or other signage” acknowledging Nazi-looted art. Hochul signed two other bills as well: One requires schools to provide high-quality Holocaust education, and another requires the state’s Department of Financial Services to publish a list of banks that waive fees for Holocaust reparation payments. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 More of this. All artwork and historical artifacts in museums should be listed as stolen if they were. Doubly so if they were stolen by Nazis. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: All artwork and historical artifacts in museums should be listed as stolen if they were. stares in Elgin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Jason said: stares in Elgin Starting with stolen Nazi stuff is actually pretty smart. Countries and museums try to cover up and ignore for their own imperial thefts, but it's harder to fight bad against whether or not we should let patrons know we only have this statue because some Nazis stole it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 49 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: More of this. All artwork and historical artifacts in museums should be listed as stolen if they were. Doubly so if they were stolen by Nazis. Every single museum in England just broke out into a cold sweat. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 If they know it's stolen and aren't returning it, all this does it add to the history of the item. Sneaky museums, making things slightly more interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: All artwork and historical artifacts in museums should be listed as stolen if they were. 1 hour ago, thewhyteboar said: Every single museum in England just broke out into a cold sweat. When that King Tut exhibition comes through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 This makes me want to go to museums MORE! I want to see the Nazi loot! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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