Metcalf Jr. Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Jan Howard and Curator of Ancient Art, Gina Borromeo, who have been tracing the provenance of the museum’s Benin Bronze Head, and working ...

The British Museum must not succumb to pressure to return the Benin Bronzes to Africa, as the case for their restitution is 'weak', Sir Trevor Phillips has said. The former head of the Racial ...

Now, head south over France and into Africa ... around the world to be returned to the country of origin. The Benin bronzes were taken when the city was looted (forcefully taken), invaded by ...

To exhibit the works, known as Benin Bronzes, the museum created a gallery ... two commemorative heads and an 18th- or 19th-century pendant showing an oba and two dignitaries.

Known collectively as the Benin Bronzes, the objects — on display ... (It will also display one on loan from Lehman, a commemorative head that left the kingdom before the 1897 attack.) ...

Collectively known as Benin Bronzes, the sculptural heads, plaques, and pendants are a wonder to behold. But a colonial shadow has long hung over them. In 1897, after a group of British officials ...

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...