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Emory, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Italy enter into cultural cooperation agreement
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Laura Diamond
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The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Italy and Emory University today announced that they have reached an agreement for cultural cooperation which includes the restitution to the Ministry of five objects in the collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory, with three of the objects remaining on loan to Emory. The agreement contemplates future loans of cultural objects as well as possible special exhibitions and other cultural exchanges. 

Dr. Mario Turetta, Secretary General of the Ministry, says: “We are very pleased with the actions of Emory University in working with the Ministry. The cultural cooperation agreement signed will open to new ways of cooperation and exchanges with Emory University.”

Henry S. Kim, associate vice provost and director of the Carlos Museum, says: “We have enjoyed excellent relations with our colleagues in Italy and when questions of restitutions were raised about cultural objects in the collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory, we were pleased to collaborate with the Ministry to arrive at a positive solution. This success will lead to future productive projects according to the education mission of Emory.”

More information about provenance research at the Carlos Museum can be found here. More information about the restitution of the five objects can be found here.


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