Homeless: New York’s Brooklyn Museum and Costa Rica’s National Museum are looking for help to return more than 4,500 pre-Columbian artifacts to Costa Rica.Photos courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum
More than 4,500 pre-Columbian artifacts are awaiting transfer back to Costa Rica after being held in foreign collections since the late 19th century. The hook is that Costa Rica’s National Museum is short the cash to get them here.
The pieces have been housed at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City since 1934, and as the museum undergoes a renovation of its collection, the Costa Rican ceramic pots, stone sculptures and figurines need a new home.
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