On 19 February 2025, a significant moment in history unfolded in Leiden, Netherlands. A signing ceremony confirmed the ...

This restitution contributes to redressing a historical injustice that is still being felt today,” a Dutch minister said.

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 owner and custodian of ...

Recently, the Worcester Art Museum and the Italian government came to an agreement regarding two artifacts that were allegedly stolen from Italy in the 1950s.  According to a January 30 release by the ...

Nigeria's long-running effort to repatriate the Benin Bronzes-some of the most prized artifacts in African history-has taken a turn.

The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria nearly 130 years after the pieces were stolen by the British and sold to the Dutch. "This restitution contributes to redressing a historical ...

New provenance research proves the precious objects were looted by the British during a brutal military campaign in 1897. Employees open a glass case containing some of the 113 Benin Bronzes that ...

The Netherlands has become the latest country to agree to return the Benin Bronzes, works of art looted by the British from the Kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, in 1897. The Dutch ...

The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed in a museum in Leiden, were looted in the late 19th century by British soldiers from what is now Nigeria. They will be returned at the ...

of the historic kingdom of Benin rightfully owned all returned Benin Bronzes and was responsible for managing all places where the artefacts are kept. Olugbile Holloway, director general of the ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - The Netherlands has agreed to return more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the latest European country to return cultural artefacts to Africa, the Dutch embassy in Abuja said ...