After they are sent to the British Museum, pieces will be lent to the Shanghai Museum in China and Metropolitan Museum in New York. Highlights from the collection include the David vases from 1351 ...

The British Museum will put 10 items stolen from its collection on show later this month. The Roman gems, to be featured in an exhibition Rediscovering Gems, include a cameo with a bust of Cupid ...

Last week, Chinese nationalist newspaper The Global Times issued an editorial asking the museum to give back its entire Chinese collection. "We formally request the British Museum to return all ...

In definition, the modern museum is either a building or institution that cares for or displays a collection of numerous artifacts of cultural, historical, scientific or artistic importance.

The David vases are among the items being donated to the museum (British Museum/PA) The collection has been on loan to the museum since 2009 in the specially designed bilingual Room 95 ...

He explains the project’s results are intended to start discussions around the inconvenient truths behind the British Museum’s collection strategy—what he calls issues of empire and messy ...

From the Rosetta Stone to the Parthenon Sculptures to Mesopotamian objects, the British Museum is a history buff's dream containing artifacts in the millions. The immense collection can make an ...

The British Museum has announced that Studio Weave, leading a multidisciplinary team including Wright & Wright Architects, ...

The British Museum has unveiled design concepts from the five shortlisted architecture teams for the overhaul of more than a third of its gallery spaces and behind-the-scenes areas ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Ilê Sartuzi's short-lived heist involving a 17th-century coin draws parallels to the recent scandal over the theft of thousands of items from the museum’s collection Fischer, who resigned after ...