ABSTRACT
The restitution discussion usually focuses on objects from colonial areas in museums. A small number are on display in the exhibition areas; most others are in storage. These others can often be found on the museum websites, with or without additional information. There is much less focus on ancestral remains. Such remains are therefore rarely visible. Museums prefer to keep them in storage. Yet ancestral remains play an important role in restitution requests. This is an imbalance that needs to be corrected. 3
