The kingdom was led by the Oba, a powerful leader who was believed to be descended from the gods. The Obas used art and architecture to show their power. Benin became famous for its bronzes ...

The collection of the Museum Rietberg includes 16 artefacts from the Kingdom of Benin; three items show evidence of a direct link with the Benin military operation of 1897 including a brass hip ...

The Horniman said it carefully researched the objects in its possession that originated from the kingdom of Benin — an ancient region separate from modern-day Benin — to identify which pertain ...

Because many of the sculptures had been originally plundered in a bloody British raid in 1897, the MFA subsequently sought a deal to transfer title to the Kingdom of Benin in exchange for a long ...

The Benin Bronzes are sculptures and plaques looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin — now southern Nigeria, not the modern nation of Benin — by British soldiers in 1897. Nigerians have ...

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead. By Colin Moynihan and Tom ...

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...

The kingdom was led by the Oba, a powerful leader who was believed to be descended from the gods. The Obas used art and architecture to show their power. Benin became famous for its bronzes ...