Antiques should not be returned to their country of origin due to the many problems that occur in doing so. Finding the true resting place for an artifact would provide more challenges than it is worth. Keeping too much of history in one location can ultimately lead to the destruction of it. The history that is given back to its country of origin is often forgotten or neglected due to lack of governmental care. The returning of antiques to their native lands is not necessary.
Finding artifacts true homelands could cause yet another fight over custody. One professor Malcolm Bell argues that artifacts “have special cultural value” to its homeland(Mortimer Paragraph 5). Although this may be true, James Cuno argues that the countries in which these artifacts used to sit may not be the same(Mortimer 8). With many countries that have formed off of once big empires, there would be yet another battle to see where an object's true home is. The decision to give artifacts back to its homeland would cause a problem for artifacts from split up countries.
Although the troubles of figuring out which country owns each artifact are immense, keeping too much history in one location is bad for society. The scramble to …show more content…
The New York Times looked at what happened to objects returned and found that some works are “returned with great fanfare”; however that feeling doesn't last forever(Donadio 20). They said that after an object's return it is often subject to neglect. One such example is the goddess of Morgantina which was housed in the Getty Villa. During its time there it received over four hundred thousand visitors annually. Now at its homeland, it receives less than thirty thousand visits a year. Artifacts that are restored to their homelands often lose their value to its people due to abuse and lack of
Finding artifacts true homelands could cause yet another fight over custody. One professor Malcolm Bell argues that artifacts “have special cultural value” to its homeland(Mortimer Paragraph 5). Although this may be true, James Cuno argues that the countries in which these artifacts used to sit may not be the same(Mortimer 8). With many countries that have formed off of once big empires, there would be yet another battle to see where an object's true home is. The decision to give artifacts back to its homeland would cause a problem for artifacts from split up countries.
Although the troubles of figuring out which country owns each artifact are immense, keeping too much history in one location is bad for society. The scramble to …show more content…
The New York Times looked at what happened to objects returned and found that some works are “returned with great fanfare”; however that feeling doesn't last forever(Donadio 20). They said that after an object's return it is often subject to neglect. One such example is the goddess of Morgantina which was housed in the Getty Villa. During its time there it received over four hundred thousand visitors annually. Now at its homeland, it receives less than thirty thousand visits a year. Artifacts that are restored to their homelands often lose their value to its people due to abuse and lack of