Behind its ordered, Neo-Classical façade, the London institution has been home to plenty of intrigue and eccentricity

The inaugural British Museum Ball will raise funds for the institution’s overseas collaborations, the BM’s director says, while emphasising the importance of the historic collection’s global reach

Nicholas Cullinan says that French and UK experts will guide every stage of the loan

The appeal references alleged warnings from textile restorers that a move could risk damaging the 1,000-year-old work’s embroidered linen fabric

The castle in the east of England now also hosts the largest display of the British Museum’s medieval collection outside of London

An unusual chance to see Vincent’s own copy of a print which inspired one of his most intriguing paintings

A letter issued by the right-wing campaign group Great British Pac claims there is a “politically orchestrated” movement to remove the sculptures

CSMVS's mobile museum venture, created in collaboration with an exhibition it curated with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Berlin State Museums and the British Museum, examines the underlying connections between ancient civilisations

The French president made the comments yesterday at a ceremony attended by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Campaigners behind a petition that has garnered more than 100,000 signatures are seeking to end the kind of deals struck by the British Museum and Science Museum

Protestors are taking high personal risks with the aim of affecting policy and corporate responsibility to make clear the scale of the looming climate catastrophe

Apple supremo Jony Ive joins Claudia Winkleman and Martha Kearney on the museum's board

The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have signed a public letter authored by the co-chief executives of Sadler’s Wells

Current and former employees have expressed shock that the museum hosted the event—which marks a day associated with the mass displacement of Palestinians—during one of the most violent weeks of the Israel-Hamas conflict

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month

Devotional art reveals how Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism have more in common than is widely believed

Vincent’s audacious still-life was the first painting bought by a British collector, only three years after his death

The objects, including what the museum describes as England's oldest known figurative art work, will head to Bradford for a major exhibition opening this summer

One of the largest and most significant from the period, the hoard was discovered at a site in Yorkshire

Appointments have been made at the British Museum, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum

While other UK institutions continue to struggle, the British Museum received 6.5 million visitors in 2024, The Art Newspaper's annual visitor figures survey has revealed

The report also describes the idea of charging international visitors as “logistically complex”

The challenges of managing the British Museum reach new highs in ‘Tides of Annihilation’

Both permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions were closed at the weekend following the suspected sabotage

The piece, one side of which is an enamel copy of a 16th-century woodcut, the other side crafted in Ethiopia, reveals how European icons became incorporated into the African country’s traditions

New welcome pavilions and a landscaped forecourt are scheduled for completion early 2026

A special roundtable conversation touching on some of the biggest issues facing museums: from the need to address colonial histories to sponsorship and AI

The directors of the British Museum, V&A East and Tate Modern talked activism, funding, empire and more in a wide-ranging discussion on The Art Newspaper’s Week in Art podcast

A private collection of 1,700 ceramic items was given by the Sir Percival David Foundation

Japanese acquisitions have been funded by maker of Benson & Hedges, Winston, Camel and Silk Cut