What if artworks could speak? A museum in the Netherlands has a new exhibition that tells the stories of looted objects through virtual reality. That means, for example, that visitors can relive the theft of the Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
And it's a place that houses objects which were once stolen.Marine Grosselink runs the Mauritshuis museum, situated in the Dutch city of The Hague."I think it's very painful to see all those cultural objects in the depots of our European museums because we know that the people to whom they belong to are deprived of their culture. So, yes, I think it's painful indeed.
"While we recognise that cultural property, art and antiquities are often assigned a dollar value in the marketplace, the cultural, historic and symbolic worth of these Iraqi treasurers surpass any monetary value. These artefacts belong to the people of Iraq and we are proud to help them in their recovery and return."
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