The return of the Benin Bronzes, looted by British colonial forces in 1897, has become a rallying cry for Nigeria’s cultural restitution movement. Despite promises from Western institutions to ...

Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means ...

Over at the British Museum, arguments still rage over requests to return cultural heritage to their original countries. The London museum houses over 900 Benin Bronzes.

More than 900 Benin Bronze pieces and the Parthenon Marbles - also known as Elgin Marbles - are now the centre of renewed calls for repatriation amid accusations the British Museum's security ...

The Netherlands has become the latest country to agree to return the Benin Bronzes, works of art looted by the British from the Kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, in 1897. The Dutch ...

Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, making it the latest European country to return cultural artefacts ...

Around 10,000 objects were taken in the punitive raid on Benin City, including bronzes, and the British Museum holds the largest collection of these objects in the world with more than 900 items.

Germany returned 22 Benin Bronzes — looted plaques and sculptures from Benin — to Nigeria on Tuesday. The initial step was part of a larger agreement made earlier this year to return all 1,130 ...

The British home for 19th century Benin sculpture says it will repatriate the artworks to Nigeria. California museums face a similar decision.

Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, making it the latest European country to return cultural artifacts ...

Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, making it the latest European country to return cultural artifacts ...