International Returns

The Fowler Museum at UCLA considers all repatriation and restitution requests made by international parties. We are committed to following the principles expressed in the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as well as in the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The procedures for repatriation and restitution are outlined in the Fowler Museum’s Deaccession policy: https://uclafmstaging.citrusstudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Policy-for-Deaccessions_FINAL_12.15.23.pdf

For international inquiries please contact: repatriation-inquiries@arts.ucla.edu

For domestic or NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA inquiries please contact: NAGPRA@arts.ucla.edu

To learn more about some of the Fowler Museum’s past restitution efforts, please see:

Fowler Museum Returns 11 Objects of Deep Spiritual and Cultural Importance to the Larrakia People

Fowler Museum at UCLA Permanently Returns Culturally Significant Objects to Australia’s Warumungu Community

Image: Left to right, Fowler Museum director Silvia Forni holding a Warumungu fighting stick, Warumungu elder Cliff Plummer Jabarula, California Sen. Ben Allen, Warumungu elder William (Bill) Ah Kit Jakamarra, and California Tribal Affairs Secretary Christina Snider-Ashtari.

Photo by David Esquivel/UCLA