http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323443/Museum-displays-human-remains-covered-fear-offending-pagans.html
Museums all over the world have been dealing with repatriation of indigenous objects, most recently in the US with the advent of NAGPRA, the North American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. NAGPRA and similar statues require museums that receive federal funding to return human remains and funerary goods, as well as assorted other objects, to their country or culture of origin.
Now, however, museums in the UK have taken things a step further, and have taken to covering up or hiding away skeletons for fear of offending visitors in general, and a Pagan group called Honoring the Ancient Dead in specific. Have we taken political correctness too far? Should groups to which the deceased once belonged (tribes, clans, etc) be allowed to have a say, but not others? Some museums in the UK rescinded their decision after public outcry. Have we taken things *too* far, and have come back around again, offending a large group to make a small group happy? Or is this the new reality for museum professionals, that we, as new members of the community, must simply accept?
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