The Benin Bronzes belong in Benin. Not in London. Not in Oxford. And certainly not in a country that built its wealth on ...
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Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...
Many have since raised questions about the British Museum's security system. Nigerian officials, for example, renewed their calls for the repatriation of Benin Bronzes, a group of artifacts looted ...
March 28, 2021 Benin Bronzes on display at the British Museum in London. Photo: Joyofmuseums via Wikimedia Commons Benin Bronzes on display at the British Museum in London. Photo: Joyofmuseums via ...
The top culprit: The British Museum Perhaps no single ... This includes a number of the Benin Bronzes, with the Metropolitan Museum agreeing to return two of their prized collections to Nigeria.
This plaque is now in the British Museum in London. Metal workers in Benin made beautiful plaques, masks and statues for the Oba. These are often called 'Benin Bronzes', however most are actually ...
The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen by the British troops in 1897. Cultural historian ... Secondly, there is a change in museum ...
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the British Punitive Expedition, which saw thousands of sculptures and cultural artefacts stolen during the destruction of Benin City (in present-day Nigeria).
This plaque is now in the British Museum in London. Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. I’d like to show you around the Benin civilisation ... My dad is a bronze caster.