Netherlands returns 1,500 historical artifacts to Indonesia

Officials examine one of the 1,500 artifacts returned to Indonesia from the Nusantara Museum in Delft, Netherlands, at the National Museum in Jakarta. (Instagram/@museum_nasional_indonesia)

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Dutch government has returned 1,500 historical artifacts to Indonesia, four years after an agreement was made with the Education and Culture Ministry.

“Basically, there are 1,500 [objects] that used to be held in the Nusantara Museum in Delft, Netherlands, which were returned to Indonesia through the national museum, ” Education and Culture Ministry culture director-general Hilman Farid said at a press conference at the National Museum in Central Jakarta on Tuesday (Jan 7) as quoted by tempo.co.