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and access.

The censoring of our museums

Certain artefacts in the British Museum are deemed to have such
religious significance that the director himself cannot examine them,
and Australian male totems are barred from female eyes at the Hancock
Museum in Newcastle. Faith sensitivity is endangering free access to our
collections, argues Tiffany Jenkins


http://www.newstatesman.com/Arts/200507110035
 

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