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A powerful narrative emerges from filmmakers, historians, and activists: many artifacts in Western museums are relics of colonial exploitation. One speaker bluntly describes these collections as "imperial prisons" filled with colonial plunder—objects that have been removed from their original contexts and cultures, sometimes hundreds of years ago. These objects, often highly revered locally, were looted or stolen during colonial times, and many are now hidden behind the glass in glass cases or displayed as curiosities.