British Museum to keep one eye on the Tapestry dawdlers

There have been diplomatic rows and hand-wringing over damage, but the next challenge for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition is ...
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British Museum obliged to return stolen antiques to their owners

The theft has renewed calls for the museum to return treasures stolen from other countries. For long, Britain has cited the ...
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British Museum shows Bayeux Tapestry unfurled after 'titanic' efforts

The British Museum on Friday revealed some sections of the Bayeux Tapestry a week after its arrival, as the curator of the ...
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MPs call for investigation of British Museum's removal of 'Palestine'

An investigation of internal emails from the British Museum has challenged its claim that the term "Palestine" was removed in ...

11th Century Bayeux Tapestry arrives at the British Museum from France

The Bayeux Tapestry, one of the world's greatest artworks, arrived at the British Museum in London Friday after a delicate ...
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The Bayeux Tapestry is at the British Museum after a secret journey

After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless ...
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A brief history of the British Museum's central London home

In March 1958, British television viewers were treated to a museal experiment. For the second episode of his new series, Is Art Necessary?, Kenneth Clark, then chair of the Arts Council, took Henry ...
Hyperallergic

The Sun Is Setting on the British Museum

One of the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum in London (photo by Helen Simonssonvia via The large-scale theft of cultural objects from the British Museum by one of its employees, and the failure ...
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The Bayeux Tapestry is here! Medieval artefact arrives in UK for first time in nearly 1,000 years

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London in the early hours of today after a hugely complicated journey to leave France ...
Hyperallergic

How the Labels in the British Museum's Africa Galleries Evade Responsibility

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 ...