Protecting Cultural Patrimony: Pueblo of Acoma

Protecting Cultural Patrimony: Pueblo of Acoma

The State Department opposes the sale of Cultural Patrimony.

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“Museums in a Suitcase” Photo Gallery
Due to the ongoing conflict, museums across Libya remain closed to protect their collections from looting and other damage. As a result, many communities in Libya have lost a vital link to their country’s rich past that museums and public programming create.
U.S. Sends Stolen Ancient Gold Coffin Back to Egypt: Photo Gallery
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art — commonly known as the Met — has returned a prized item from its collection of Egyptian antiquities after learning that the piece was actually a stolen artifact.
U.S. Returns Stolen Artifacts to China: Photo Gallery
After making its largest discovery of cultural property ever — 42,000 artifacts from around the world — at one U.S. home, the FBI has begun packing up and sending many of the items to the People’s Republic of China, where they belong.
Historic Church Bells Return to the Philippines: Photo Gallery
Historic Church Bells Return to the Philippines: Photo Gallery
Repatriation to Haiti Photo Gallery
CATF Members Support Repatriation to Haiti
Interagency Training Builds Capacity to Protect Cultural Heritage
Cultural property, art, and antiquities around the world are vulnerable to looting, theft, and trafficking by criminal and terrorist groups.