Press release -
Maori talk at Forres museum
Two representatives from the Museum of New Zealand will give a talk in Forres next week on the importance to the Maori people of having ancestral remains repatriated to their homeland.
The talk, which is open to the public, will take place at the Falconer Museum on Monday at 3.30pm.
It will be followed on Tuesday by a ceremony at which the museum will formally return a Maori skull dating from the 19th century. The skull was donated to the museum around 1883 or 1884 and is believed to have been on public display for only a short time, since when it has been preserved in storage.
Topics
- Education
Categories
- maori skull
- falconer museum
- repatriation ceremony
Regions
- Scotland
Moray Council area stretches from Tomintoul in the south to the shores of the Moray Firth, from Keith in the east to Forres in the west. The council and its 4,500 employees respond to the needs of 92,500 residents in this beautiful part of Scotland, which nestles between Aberdeenshire and the Highlands.
Famous for its colony of dolphins, fabulous beaches and more malt whisky distilleries than any where else in Scotland, Moray is a thriving area and a great place to live.
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