Bringing Cultural Knowledge Home
The cultural heritage housed in museums and other institutions around the globe is not accessible to the majority of originating communities. They have few means to gather information about their belongings: what has been collected, where it is located, and how it is being stored and handled. They can rarely look at it or research it and are thus unable to incorporate it into their daily lives.
Many communities would like to have their belongings returned, but know that repatriation may either be impossible or, at the very least, difficult to attain.
The RRN provides an alternative by creating an accessible electronic path to this geographically dispersed heritage. Objects can be viewed and researched on the web, and their meanings explored across time and space.
Moreover, the RRN enables an unprecedented exchange of knowledge between museum staff and other researchers in a safe and secure environment.
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