Benin Bronzes

Narendra Modi thanking Joe Biden for returning trafficked invaluable antiquities to India
The Benin Bronzes: A Tipping Point for Repatriation
Last summer, a small American museum made history by becoming the first institution in the country to return one of the fabled Benin bronzes. Officials of the University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of…
An ultra-wide rectilinear stitched panorama of the Great Court of the British Museum in London, United Kingdom.
British Museum Appoints Mark Jones Interim Director Amid Crisis
The British Museum has announced that Mark Jones, a former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, in London, would be its interim director. The announcement, which was made via news release over…
Edo peoples, Single-figure plaque, mid 16th to 17th Century. Cast copper alloy. Dallas Museum of Art.
London-based Museum to Fully Repatriate Benin Bronzes
The Benin Bronzes of Nigeria, their provenance, and the possibility of restitution have been making headlines of late. Currently scattered across the world, this collection of a thousand plus statues…
Installation view of Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.
10 Famous Ownership Disputes Over Cultural Artifacts
The Parthenon Marbles and Greece’s quest for their restitution is perhaps one of the most famous instances of such a thing, with the marbles now becoming a part of two different and diametrically…