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May 2023
29m 54s

0105 The Benioff Oceania Programme

British Museum
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Curator of Oceania Alice Christophe chats to Iszi and Julia about the collaborative work undertaken with Pacific communities to transform the understanding, care and curation of collections from Hawaiʻi and Rapa Nui currently physically at the museum.

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