On the other hand, the British Museum holds over 900 Benin Bronzes but has outright refused to repatriate them, instead offering only “long-term loans” to Nigeria. This stance has been ...

The Netherlands says it will return over 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria in the late 19th Century ...

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 ...

Nigeria's Museum Agrees With Royal Ruler on Custody of Benin Bronzes (This Feb. 26 story ... sculptures and castings that were looted by British soldiers during a raid on the then-separate Kingdom ...

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.

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 ...

LAGOS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - (This Feb. 26 story has been corrected to make clear that the royal museum will house some of, not all, the artefacts, in paragraph 6) Nigeria's national museum ...

This move may increase pressure on other institutions to return the Benin Bronzes, especially the British Museum, which has more than 900 artefacts. Protests and demonstrations have taken place ...

LAGOS - Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes ... and castings that were looted by British soldiers during a raid on the ...