Forbes

Why London’s British Museum Remains A Must-See Despite Controversies

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits. ByDavid ...
CNN

British Museum receives donation of Chinese ceramics worth $1.27 billion

The British Museum said on Wednesday it would receive 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics worth around 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion), in the largest donation in its nearly 300-year ...
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 ...
Artnet

Historic $1.2 Billion Donation Approved for the British Museum

The Sir Percival David Foundation will permanently donate its £1 billion ($1.27 billion) Chinese ceramics collection to the British Museum, following regulatory approval to amend its governing ...
Artnet

British Museum Recovers Nearly Half of Its 1,500 Missing Objects

A piece of Roman jewelry, worth $60,000, was found listed for $48 on eBay. Ollie Croker, Project Curator, and Sara Aly, Art Market Expert, from the British Museum's Recovery Program. Photo: Sara Aly.
Forbes

A Taste Of Ancient Egypt At London’s British Museum

From the stone that unlocked hieroglyphics to towering statues and eerie mummies, the British Museum’s Ancient Egypt collection is a must-see for history lovers. ByDavid Nikel, Senior Contributor.
People

British Museum Raises Nearly $5 Million to Save Gold Tudor Heart Pendant Linked to Henry VIII's Marriage to Katherine of Aragon

The fundraising campaign"captured the public's imagination with the untold love story the Tudor Heart tells between Henry and Katherine," the museum said The British Museum The British Museum ...
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 ...
The New Yorker

The British Museum’s Blockbuster Scandals

Charles Townley, one of Britain’s first great collectors of antiquities, was born in Lancashire in 1737. A distaff descendant of the aristocratic Howard family, he was educated mostly in France—a ...
Time

Why the British Museum Is Asking the Public for Help Finding Missing Artifacts

Reporter The British Museum has solicited the public’s help in finding an estimated 2,000 artifacts that had been stolen from the institution’s collection over the course of several years. The famed ...
Reuters

British Museum to receive hefty donation of world-renowned Chinese ceramics

LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The British Museum said on Wednesday it would receive 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics worth around 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion), in the largest donation ...