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 ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal ruler appointed sole ...

The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, authorities in the west African nation said late on Monday. The move represents "the return of ...

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 ...

The traditional ruler of the Benin Kingdom in southern Nigeria has welcomed a US museum’s decision to return two precious artefacts stolen by British forces in the 19th century. In a ceremony at the ...

Nigeria's stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics on the week it was supposed to - but failed - to open its doors to the public for ...

The Smithsonian Museum of African Art is reportedly planning to return around 12 Benin bronzes that it currently claims ownership of in an agreement that has yet to be signed, in order to repatriate ...

The museum will return the items in an agreement with the Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments. A Dutch museum will repatriate its portion of the Benin Bronzes to their rightful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benin Bronzes exhibited at the National museum Onikan in Lagos on 21 June, 2025. (AFP - TOYIN ADEDOKUN) The institution backed a ...

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has returned two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking a key step in the country’s ongoing cultural restitution efforts. The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston has returned ...

The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, authorities in the West African nation said late on Monday. The move represents “the return of ...