The British Museum, which has some 950 Benin Bronzes, has come under particular criticism for its refusal to give them back, but is only one of many museums struggling to justify the legitimacy of ...

It's often claimed online that the British Museum in London would have nothing left to show if it returned every artefact ...

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...

The British Museum has regularly faced criticism in ... emerged last year has heightened calls for the return of the Benin Bronzes, with Abba Isa Tijani, the NNCMM’s director telling Sky News ...

Can the ethnographic museum be reinvented? Can the ethnographic museum be reinvented? Benin Bronzes at the British Museum. In 1931, Paris hosted a spectacular event called the International ...

The top culprit: The British Museum Perhaps no single ... This includes a number of the Benin Bronzes, with the Metropolitan Museum agreeing to return two of their prized collections to Nigeria.

It would have been a highly symbolic moment. Cambridge has the second biggest collection of Benin Bronzes in Britain after the British Museum itself, which is increasingly isolated on the issue of ...

In “Hew Locke, what have we here?”, visitors are asked to consider the legacy of empire and plunder in shaping museum ...

March 28, 2021 Benin Bronzes on display at the British Museum in London. Photo: Joyofmuseums via Wikimedia Commons Benin Bronzes on display at the British Museum in London. Photo: Joyofmuseums via ...

This plaque is now in the British Museum in London. Metal workers in Benin made beautiful plaques, masks and statues for the Oba. These are often called 'Benin Bronzes', however most are actually ...