Nigeria to receive stolen Benin bronzes from Netherlands

Netherlands to return over 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria which the country took during colonial times. View on euronews
Stolen Benin Bronzes Are Headed Home
The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 artifacts looted from the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now southern Nigeria, more than a century ago. The Benin Bronzes, plaques and sculptures of metal and ivory that decorated the kingdom's royal palace,
Netherlands to Repatriate 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military.
British Museum under pressure after Netherlands hands back Benin Bronzes
The British Museum has come under fresh pressure to hand over its Benin Bronzes after the Netherlands returned more than 100 of the artefacts to Nigeria.
The Netherlands agrees to return more than 100 artifacts to Nigeria looted during colonial times
The Netherlands has agreed to return a collection of 119 artifacts to Nigeria, the latest objects to be sent back to their homelands as museums grapple with their colonial-era holdings.
Netherlands Returns 119 Benin Bronzes To Nigeria In Landmark Repatriation Agreement
Over 100 precious Benin Bronzes have been returned to Nigeria from a Dutch museum in a landmark repatriation agreement.
Netherlands to Return 113 Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Netherlands has joined a growing list of European nations returning culturally significant artifacts to Africa; it has agreed to repatriate 113 stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria. In a formal agreement signed between the Dutch education minister and Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments,
Netherlands returns 119 Benin bronzes, redressing 1897 British expedition looting
In recent years, about 1,100 objects from German, Scottish, British, and French museums have been returned amid pressure over colonial-era acquisitions.
Nigeria to receive single-largest antiquities return of 119 Benin Bronzes from Netherlands
The European country made this known in a statement by its embassy in Abuja on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. The valuable artefacts were looted during the British invasion and ended up in a museum in the Netherlands,
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Episode 77 - Benin plaque: the oba with Europeans
Made in what is now modern Nigeria, in the sixteenth century, the Benin plaques are actually made of brass, not bronze. They're each about the size of an A3 sheet of paper, and they show figures ...
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The Netherlands to return 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The country is the latest in Europe to announce that it will repatriate a group of these objects, which were looted by the British as part of a punitive expedition in 1897 ...
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The Restitution of the Benin Bronzes
In this case, we're looking at Benin art, which wasn’t considered art at the time. They are plaques that recorded events. They are plaques that showcased the ingenuity of society, they are ...
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Episode Transcript – Episode 77 - Benin plaque - the Oba with Europeans
In 2001, the UK National Census recorded that one in twenty Londoners were of black African descent, and it's a figure that's continued to rise in the years since. Modern British life and culture ...