The Stanley Museum of Art is now the first U.S. institution to return works to the former Benin royal family. Court officials carrying the Benin Bronzes during the restitution ceremony. Photo by ...

The restitution of Benin bronzes by European institutions may now have a clearer pathway as the Nigerian government has officially recognized the artifacts as belonging to the traditional king, Oba ...

The Museum Volkenkunde will return the 119 bronze artifacts that initially belonged to the old Kingdom of Benin.

The opening of the multi-million-dollar Museum of West African Arts has been delayed due to protests. Early plans saw it as the home of the restituted Benin Bronzes. What happened since?Uncertainty ...

Nov. 7 (UPI) --A highly anticipated database of the Benin Bronzes, a massive trove of art and cultural artifacts looted from the Kingdom of Benin by the British empire in 1897, launched Friday. The ...

The Benin Bronzes — some roughly 3,000 stunning bronze artworks sculpted by African metalsmiths between the 16th and 19th centuries — were crafted from metal mined from Germany's Rhineland region, a ...

Court officials carrying the Benin Bronzes during the restitution ceremony (all photos by Omoregie Osakpolor, courtesy Stanley Museum of Art unless noted otherwise) The University of Iowa’s Stanley ...

Left: A bronze plaque with two men holding short bows and swords. Right: A plaque showing a person with a ceremonial sword, musicians with gongs and trumpets at the bottom, and the lower-halves of ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --German officials have handed over 20 artifacts known as Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking a major restitution of art that could lead to further restitution by other countries. The ...

More than a century after being looted from Nigeria, a set of Benin bronzes are going home. The Benin bronzes — beautiful pieces of art and brutal testimonies of colonial history — are a collection of ...