Wales:National Museum Queried On Artefacts Transfer policy

December 22, 2011

The General Secretary (GS) of the Celtic League has written to the Director General of the National Museum is Wales to ask what the Museum’s policy is on sending treasure to the British Museum in London. The GS expressed his concerns following the

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British Institutions Should be More Mature Over Restitution Issue

December 21, 2011

London based cultural institutions should be more mature in their attitudes to the restitution of artefacts from the Celtic countries. That is the view of the Celtic League commenting as the `Wallace Passport’ is returned to Scotland (see below). The William Wallace Letter

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Policy of Sending Celtic Treasures To British Museum Queried

December 13, 2011

The seemingly imperialistic practice of sending treasure found in Wales to England is alive and well as the discovery of a silver ring in the Caerffili area of south Wales recently showed. The treasure, about 2000 years old, was discovered by a man

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