The British Museum and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) announced on Thursday that 32 gold and silver artifacts from Ghana, which were looted during the Anglo-Ashanti Wars in the 1800s, would ...

Few institutions hold as much global prestige and controversy as the British Museum. Behind its grand façade lies a collection shaped not only by curiosity but also by conquest. Interestingly, many of ...

An antiquities dealer contacted the museum with concerns in 2021, but the institution swiftly closed the case, according to documents seen by The New York Times. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London ...

The British Museum has begun recovering some items that were taken from the prestigious institution and sold online, museum chair George Osborne said on Saturday. Osborne’s comments follow revelations ...

“The Essex Antiquities” doesn’t have quite the same ring. The sculptures that were hacked from the Parthenon in the early 19th century go by many names. They are called the “Parthenon Sculptures”, the ...

Many visitors to the 9/11 museum couldn’t resist the lure of the gift shop — shelling out money Wednesday for T-shirts, trinkets and books about the tragic day. British tourist Keith Roach, 55, bought ...