The hundreds of Benin Bronzes make up one of the most notorious and ongoing disputes over looted art during colonial ...
In recent years, about 1,100 objects from German, Scottish, British, and French museums have been returned amid pressure over ...
The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria which the country took during colonial times. View on euronews ...
It is the latest example of a country announcing that it will repatriate a group of these objects, which were looted by the ...
The Netherlands has agreed to return a collection of 119 artifacts to Nigeria, the latest objects to be sent back to their ...
Over 100 precious Benin Bronzes have been returned to Nigeria from a Dutch museum in a landmark repatriation agreement.
Nigeria will receive 113 Benin Bronzes, originally looted by the British, from the Netherlands. The plaques, personal ornaments and figures, currently housed in the collection of Wereldmuseum Leiden, ...
The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, nearly 130 years after they were looted by British soldiers and ...
The artifacts were stolen by British soldiers in the late 19th century and eventually made their way to a Dutch collection.
It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military.
Following the request by the Nigerian Government, The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 stolen Benin Bronzes during the ...
In 2022, Germany returned 1,030 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The same year, three US museums - the Smithsonian Institution's ...