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 ...

London's fabric will be taking over the British Museum for a one-off event next month. The Farringdon nightclub is set to host a free, drop-in event across three rooms at the central London museum on ...

Now, the superclub has announced the latest event in the Fabric25 programme: a party at the British Museum. The world-renowned museum’s majestic Reading Room, Room 17 – home of the ancient ...

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 ...

Inside what initially seems like a well-appointed quilt shop with bolts of fabrics and quilt-making equipment are a few rooms devoted to the museum-quality display of quilts. It’s there that, on ...

The life of a 166-million-year-old reptile has been turned upside down. While Marmoretta oxoniensis was believed to have swum in ancient lagoons, new research reveals it spent its time climbing trees ...

This site uses objects to tell a history of the world. You’ll find 100 objects from the British Museum and hundreds more from museums and people across the UK.

A popular natural history museum in Brighton is to be closed for 12 months for essential improvements. The Booth Museum, which is overseen by Brighton & Hove Museums, will be closed from Sunday as ...

David Damrosch In November 1872, George Smith was working at the British Museum in a second-floor room overlooking the bare plane trees in Russell Square. On a long table were pieces of clay ...

A museum service is facing "significant" financial pressure because of delays in reopening its largest attraction, a report has warned. Norfolk Museums Service said its income was down because of ...