Webinar: Exploring Restitution, Colonial Collecting and the Caribbean

Date: 20 March 2026
Time: 10:00 AM EST/11:00 AM AST
Location: Online, via Zoom
Organisation: UWI Museum in partnership with the Centre for Repatriation Research
Language: English

The Museum of the University of the West Indies (UWI Museum) is organizing an online discussion in partnership with the Centre for Repatriation Research. The discussion explores growing global conversations around restitution, colonial collections in archives, museums and galleries and its implications for Caribbean. The session will focus on restitution debates and interventions from the Dutch, French and English speaking Caribbean as it relates to heritage, memory, and repair.

The session includes a presentation on the Colonial Collections Datahub by Camiel de Kom (Digitale Heritage Coach for the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) and Arminda Franken-Ruiz (Heritage Specialist & Former Director, National Archaeological Museum, Aruba)