Egypt | museums

Video Showing Egyptian Army Inside Egyptian Museum

ByRick St. Hilaire January 29, 2011May 2, 2023

The video currently being shown on CNN to illustrate the current situation inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is posted at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h5taeUh0aM

[Update November 9, 2011: Associate Press video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTOf0x-eGU0].

©2010-2022 Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire. Content discussing cultural heritage law, art law, looted antiquities, stolen artifacts, and museum risk management that is general information only, not legal advice.

Egypt | memorandum of understanding (MoU)

Antiquities Trafficking: A US-Egyptian Agreement in the Works?

ByRick St. Hilaire October 23, 2011May 2, 2023

Egypt is to sign an agreement with the United States to combat antiquities trafficking, according to a report in Ahram Online today. See the story at http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/24873/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-strategy-to-prevent-illegal-trade-in-Egyptian-.aspx. CONTACT INFORMATION: www.culturalheritagelawyer.com….

Egypt | prosecutions | US v. Khouli et al.

Hearing Scheduled in Antiquities Trafficking Case – U.S. v. Khouli et al.

ByRick St. Hilaire September 28, 2012May 2, 2023

Source: US District Court, Eastern District of New York The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has scheduled an important hearing in the alleged antiquities trafficking…

museums | New York Times | repatriation | Toledo Museum of Art

The Law of Repatriation under “The Great Giveback”

ByRick St. Hilaire January 28, 2013April 27, 2023

Hugh Eakin’s New York Times commentary titled “The Great Giveback” is flawed. The opinion piece argues that museums “are supposed to be in the business of collecting and preserving art from…

Egypt | forfeiture actions | St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) | U.S. v. Ka Nefer Nefer

Judge Once Again Dismisses Ka Nefer Nefer Forfeiture Case

ByRick St. Hilaire June 29, 2012May 2, 2023

U.S. District Court Judge Henry Edward Autrey yesterday denied the government’s motion to file a new complaint to forfeit the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask from the St. Louis Art Museum…

US Claims SLAM Lacks Legal Standing—Asserts That Mummy Mask is Illegal Contraband—Discovery Reveals More Information

ByRick St. Hilaire August 1, 2011May 2, 2023

In the latest round of papers filed in court last week, lawyers for the US Attorney’s Office in St. Louis sought to strike the St. Louis Art Museum’s legal claim…

Opposition to MoU’s: A Change in Policy for the Association of Art Museum Directors?

ByRick St. Hilaire January 23, 2015April 26, 2023

Museums are vital to the protection of cultural heritage. They preserve art and artifacts for the benefit of present and future generations, and they inspire visitors, students, and scholars to…

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