Long-term loans to former colonies are not restitution. They do not acknowledge historical wrongdoing, nor do they restore ...

“You make up your own mind what to think.” Hew Locke’s voice arrives like a whisper out of nowhere, emanating from speakers suspended throughout his new show at the British Museum in London. The ...

The UK Treasury will insure the Bayeux Tapestry for an estimated £800m when it goes on show at the British Museum (BM) next ...

An indemnity covered by British taxpayers will take responsibility for damage to the Bayeux Tapestry to the value of £800,000 ...

As public purse strings tighten, major U.K. museums are racing to outdo each other with ever more splashy fundraising schemes. The British Museum is the latest to turn heads this week with the ...

The circle at Stonehenge, in England, was raised around the same time, 2,500 B.C., as the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Its alignment suggests that it was almost certainly a solar ...

The British Museum hosts its inaugural fundraising ball on Saturday, a glitzy event that has been touted by many observers as London's answer to New York's Met Gala. The museum, which boasts one of ...

One of the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum in London (photo by Helen Simonssonvia via The large-scale theft of cultural objects from the British Museum by one of its employees, and the failure ...

Mark Jones, a former leader of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is set to take over with a remit to restore confidence after a theft scandal. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Almost three weeks ...

Oliver Cooke, the museum’s horology curator, talks about the 8,000 items in his care — and the smartwatch debate. By Susanne Fowler LONDON — Visitors to the Rosetta Stone or the Parthenon sculptures ...

In London last month, my first stop was to visit the British Museum. Going there seemed an urgent priority. My thinking was that in such turbulent contemporary times, it is reassuring to see the ...

With 6,239,983 visitors last year, The British Museum once again topped the most visited UK tourist attraction lists. The museum’s popularity is no surprise. There’s an incredible amount to see and ...