The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen ... This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – Share Alike 3.0 Germany license.
The US Supreme Court has denied a petition to block the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. from restituting 29 Benin ...
While today's Benin Bronze casters appreciate repatriation efforts, they say Nigeria's government is not investing enough in them. They fear if this continues, there won't be any more Benin Bronze ...
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 ...
which saw thousands of sculptures and cultural artefacts stolen during the destruction of Benin City (in present-day Nigeria). Many items ended up in museums or in private collections mainly found ...
We are in that little corner where Nigeria ... 2021, Germany agreed to return the artefacts it holds that were taken from Benin. In the same year, the University of Aberdeen returned a bronze ...
The Kingdom of Benin is now a district of Nigeria and has no connection ... told SWI swissinfo.ch. In 2021, Germany agreed to return 1,300 bronzes and in 2022 British and United States ...