Welsh artefacts in museums outside Wales

Local politicians including two Delyn Assembly Members, Alison Halford,[1][2] and Hannah Blythyn,[3] Denbighshire councillor Mabon ap Gwynfor,[4] former librarian of the National Library of Wales Andrew Green,[5][6] the Celtic League and Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Elfyn Llwyd have called for the Mold gold cape to be repatriated back to Wales.

[9] Halford stated in 2002 that a legitimate claim for the artefact could have been made if there were a suitable museum in north Wales which would address any security concerns.

[11] Liverpool professor George Nash, while questioning mysticism over the artefact stated as it is important to Welsh history, returning it would "be the right thing to do".

[12][16][17] In May 2023, local campaigner and writer, Mathew Smith called for the oldest ceremonially buried skeleton in Western Europe to be brought back, "This is something for Swansea , it's something for south Wales.

In 1999, 28 members signed an early day motion to the House of Commons, calling for the letter and seal to be repatriated because of its "great historical significance in Wales as rare treasures of Welsh history".

There are also calls to return the Mold Cape (currently housed in London), Llanllyfni lunula, the Trawsfynydd Tankard (in Liverpool), Red Book of Hergest (in Oxford) and the Red Lady of Paviland (in Oxford), Bardsey crown (in Liverpool), and Owain Glyndŵr's Pennal Letter (in Paris, France) to a museum in Wales.

[32] In 2011, it was stated by Linda Tomos, the Director of CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, in response to a query from the Celtic League on the Rhayader Treasure, that the calling for the return of artefacts was not part of the Welsh Government's strategy at the time.

The National Museum does not explicitly call for the return of artefacts, but stated they should be more accessible and appeciated by Welsh communities.