The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam handed over to Ukraine all Crimean objects in its possession, the museum’s press service reported on November 27.
After nine years of storing valuable artifacts in its vaults, the museum complied with the Supreme Court’s decision in June. According to this decision, the objects should be transferred to Ukraine and not to the Crimean museums from which they were taken for temporary use.
Recall that for the exhibition “Crimea – Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea”, which ran from February to August 2014, the Amsterdam Museum received objects from four Crimean museums. During this time, through a popular referendum, Crimea became part of Russia. After the exhibition, both the Crimean and Ukrainian museums demanded the return of the artifacts. The Allard Pierson Museum decided to keep them in storage until the court decides what to do.
In June, the Supreme Court finally ruled that the treasure should be transferred to Ukraine, ending a decades-long dispute.
On November 27, the objects arrived in kyiv, the museum reported.
“This is a special case in which cultural heritage has been a victim of geopolitical events”said Allard Pierson director Els van der Plas.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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