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Theodore Roosevelt statue removed from NYC museum after sparking controversy

Astatue of US President Theodore Roosevelt that sat in front of a New York museum for nearly 80 years was removed this week after criticism over its "racial" image. The sculpture, which was located at the American Museum of Natural History, featured the 26th president on horseback with a Native American man and an African man on either side of him.

A museum spokesperson told CNN in a written statement on Thursday the process of removing the statue was "conducted with historic preservation specialists and approved by multiple New York City agencies". It will include a restoration of the plaza in front of the museum. [...]

The museum first requested the statue be removed in June 2020, after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the global protests that followed. The Roosevelt statue now joins a number of other US monuments that have been relocated over the past few months. Most of these removals, if not all, were prompted by the 2020 protests.

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