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

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 ...

The London museum houses over 900 Benin Bronzes. While the museum insists it has had positive discussions with Nigeria on the issue, the 2023 scandal over thefts from the museum caused ...

The Horniman Museum has announced it will return all of its 72 “Benin Bronzes”. ... and the British Museum holds the largest collection of these objects in the world with more than 900 items.

The British Museum in London, which owns around 900 Benin Bronzes, is prohibited from removing items from its collection on a permanent basis under a UK law from 1963.

The British Museum alone holds more than 900 objects from Benin, and National Museums Scotland has another 74. Others were distributed to museums around the world.

Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums ... Nigeria’s information minister called on the British Museum to release the more than 900 Benin Bronzes it has. Ad Feedback. Ad ...

More than 900 Benin Bronze pieces and the Parthenon Marbles - also known as the Elgin Marbles - are at the centre of renewed calls for repatriation with accusations the museum’s security can’t ...

Benin bronzes looted in the past and returned to Nigeria are examined during a handing over ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Olamikan Gbemiga / AP ...

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 ...