More than 70 objects from the British Museum will go on show in an Ice Age exhibition due to launch later this year in Bradford as part of the 2025 UK City of Culture celebrations. The exhibition ...

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.

See photos of the "Without a Net" exhibit of quilted sculptures by Susan Else at the International Quilt Museum. A piece titled "Step Right Up" is part of an exhibit called “Without a Net ...

WOKE calls to return British Museum’s Benin Bronzes to Nigeria should be rejected, Sir Trevor Philips says. The former equalities czar said the case for sending back 900 brass sculptures was ...

The proposal to create high-quality replicas could serve as a compromise, allowing the British Museum to retain a display while returning the originals to Athens. The Elgin Marbles, originally ...

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...

The British Museum’s exhibition on the Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) will include Van Gogh’s own copy of a print which he used in a painting in homage. Hiroshige ...

To one side of its pavement, flaking gray walls ring the Nigerian National Museum, a near-70-year-old remnant from the era of British colonial rule. Directly opposite, its red and gold lattices ...

Britain should resist demands to return “looted” treasures such as the Benin Bronzes or the Elgin Marbles according to the former head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In a paper ...

Despite the new series keeping The Great British Bump-Off title ... Instead, Kill or Be Quilt sees Shauna embarking on a relaxing vacation, drifting down Yorkshire’s canals in a boat she ...

A lesser-known period in Egyptian history has just been unearthed. Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists, alongside the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have discovered a massive ...