Where to find the best of Mexico's artifacts in world museums

Where to find the best of Mexico's artifacts in world museums

In 2015, Germany returned two 3,000-year-old Olmec wooden statues to Mexico. They had been seized from a dubious Costa Rican art collector and kept in the Bavarian State Archaeological Museum until the courts could settle the issue of ownership. Their return was described as “an important precedent in favor of Mexico.” In fact, getting its artifacts back has been a Mexican concern for several years now. The issue of returning archaeological item…