The Museum Volkenkunde will return the 119 bronze artifacts that initially belonged to the old Kingdom of Benin.

The opening of the multi-million-dollar Museum of West African Arts has been delayed due to protests. Early plans saw it as the home of the restituted Benin Bronzes. What happened since?Uncertainty ...

The Museum of Fine Arts in the US city of Boston has returned two of the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, authorities in the west African nation said late on Monday. The move represents "the return of ...

On Nov. 28, 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron made strides in the African art restitution movement. Macron spoke at the University of Ouagadougou in West Africa and directly addressed the history ...

The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria in the late 19th Century and which ended up in a Dutch museum. Thousands of these culturally ...

The Dutch Embassy in Nigeria confirmed the planned return of the artifacts looted during the British invasion of the Benin Kingdom in 1897. The Netherlands has pledged to return to Nigeria no fewer ...

The Stanley Museum of Art is now the first U.S. institution to return works to the former Benin royal family. Court officials carrying the Benin Bronzes during the restitution ceremony. Photo by ...

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The traditional ruler of the Benin Kingdom in southern Nigeria has welcomed a US museum’s decision to return two precious artefacts stolen by British forces in the 19th century. In a ceremony at the ...