Ok. Imagine you are walking down a street and you like a certain ornament in a garden. Hey, love your ornament. Oh this old thing. Don’t care for it myself that’s why it’s falling apart. Mind if I take a few of the decorative bits of it to show my friends back home and leave you the base? Yeah whatever, weirdo. Thanks. Years later: Hold on. Was that worth something? Not to you. But for us and anyone that wants to see it for FREE, it’s priceless. Well I want it back so I can charge people to see it. Erm.............. let Reddit decide. Maybe not.

If all museums had to return everything that was obtained in less than “perfect situations”, we’d learn nothing from them about other civilisations. The great Museum Swap of 2025. Imagine. USA: Gee kids here a picture of a Roman dagger from Europe and there’s another totem pole. Canada: Look at that seal skin coat. Europe: Look, a Roman dagger. UK: Look, a Viking helmet. Oh, and here’s a Roman dagger.