Long-term loans to former colonies are not restitution. They do not acknowledge historical wrongdoing, nor do they restore ...

To help slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Museum will sadly remain shuttered for the foreseeable future. But officials at the London institution are still serving up a daily dish ...

The British Museum has launched a new scheme that will see it share artifacts in its collection with museums in former ...

Objects owned by the British Museum are hitting the road. In recent years, the London museum has quietly taken awe-inspiring artefacts into classrooms across England, giving students in primary ...

Sixty items have been returned, the museum said in a statement sent to ABC News. LONDON -- Please return if found: Hundreds of missing artifacts formerly housed in a museum in central London. The ...

Greece’s culture minister Lina Mendoni wrote a blistering commentary in response to the ongoing scandal at the British Museum, where it has come to light that more than 1,500 items from the collection ...

The police haven’t charged anybody over the missing artifacts, but the museum is running its own investigations to get the items back. By Alex Marshall Alex Marshall spent several hours with the ...

This caption in the British Museum’s Africa galleries summaries briefly the political history leading up to the sacking of Benin City in 1897 by British forces. Although certainly constrained by the ...

Public museums offer the opportunity for wonder, awe and discovery. They're places where anyone can learn about the giant stone calendar of the Aztecs, the mysterious death of a famous explorer, the ...

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits. ByDavid ...

From the stone that unlocked hieroglyphics to towering statues and eerie mummies, the British Museum’s Ancient Egypt collection is a must-see for history lovers. ByDavid Nikel, Senior Contributor.

Charles Townley, one of Britain’s first great collectors of antiquities, was born in Lancashire in 1737. A distaff descendant of the aristocratic Howard family, he was educated mostly in France—a ...