British Museum
Security breaches at Tate, British Museum and Musée d’Orsay
A Monet suffered a 10cm tear from being punched
British Museum exhibition fees to fund expansion of terracotta warriors’ site
Visitor numbers are expected to rise to 3 million this year
National Gallery and British Museum follow V&A’s lead
Leading organisations to abolish reproduction charges for scholarly publications
Terracotta warriors to go on US tour
The British Museum show will travel to another four venues
Claimant severs his ties with London-based restitution commission
Organisation had insisted he demand return of drawings held by the British Museum, but he wanted financial compensation
Turkey claims stele in British Museum
Despite a lack of evidence suggesting that the basalt stele was excavated illegally, the Turkish government are making a bid to regain the artefact
UK museums can now return human remains
The shift in policy follows over 30 recent claims for restitution
UK museums face controversial Ethiopian legacy: The Maqdala materials at the British Museum, the V&A, and the British Library
The Art Newspaper reveals that sacred Maqdala tablets are hidden away in a sealed store of the British Museum
Holy tabots to be transferred from British Museum to Ethiopian church
Conversely, the University of Edinburgh has ruled against returning their own war loot
Ethiopian restitution claims at the British Museum: The museum responds
Update on requests for information regarding objects seized at battle of Maqdala
Ethiopian restitution claims at the British Museum: The Art Newspaper Investigates
British Museum holds collection of objects seized at battle of Maqdala
John Dee’s crystal among a spate of London museum thefts
The V&A, the British Museum and Science Museum have all been targets
British Museum director Neil MacGregor calls for laws that would encourage lending Aboriginal artefacts
As two objects are detained in Victoria, MacGregor believes something good could come out of the present confusion
How Britain tried to use the Cyrus Cylinder for political gain
As The British Museum prepares to loan the Cyrus Cylinder to Iran, The Art Newspaper remembers the Persian antiquity's first visit to its home nation in 1971
V&A and British Museum join together to buy Buddha
Purchased with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and National Arts Collection Fund
British Museum buys Iraq “most wanted” cards
The cards were issued to US troops in Iraq to help them identify the enemy
New York's Asia Society hosts 'Hunt for paradise: Court arts of Iran, 1501-76. Asia Society'
The exhibition illustrates how monarchical patronage in the 15th century paved the way for an age of artistic accomplishment in Iran
The British Museum dismisses Parthenon Marbles loan rumours, although they are willing to make alternative concessions to Greece
Athens are still hopeful that the marbles will be returned, to be be housed in the currently unfinished New Acropolis Museum
British Museum’s Iran exhibition scheduled for 2005 after 2002 postponement
The successful procurement of these loans may be a sign of more collaborative projects to come between the British Museum and Iran
We serve all cultures, say the big, global museums: World's leading institutions release a declaration on restitution
Including a reproduction of the declaration in full
Warning from Greek Culture Minister: give back the Parthenon Marbles—or your reputation suffers
The Acropolis museum is under construction, and the design for the permanent exhibition is in preparation
Nelson Mandela “particularly proud" that the British Museum plans to open three new African galleries
His comments go against the current clamour for restitution
Missing Parthenon sculptures “A constant reminder of Britain’s unfulfilled debt to world heritage”?
New Acropolis Museum director Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis is calling on the British Museum to return its sculptures on long-term loan.
A short history of the Parthenon Marbles: Why restitution is not always the answer
A look at what happened to the sculptures from early Christian times to the 21st century, and the damage to those remaining after Lord Elgin bought the majority of them
No solution for Parthenon conundrum as British Museum unpersuaded by arguments for restitution of architectural components
The reconstruction of the Acropolis requires the capital and drum back from Britain to be completed, whilst the rightful custody of the marbles is still in question
British Museum Old Master drawings subject to restitution claim
Four drawings are being claimed by the heir of a Nazism victim
Art is much more important than art history
As Neil MacGregor joins the British Museum as director next month, we publish a valedictory interview with him about the experience he gained leading the National Gallery
British Museum's findings on the Parthenon marbles cleaning incident said to lack key details
The publication is interpreted by William St Clair to be the result of efforts to protect the institution's reputation
Letters to the Editor: “The Parthenon marbles will be returned, but when?”
Ex-Secretary General of ICOM weighs on on the marbles' status in Britain with an offer of compromise
Women who ruled: queens, goddesses, Amazons, 1500-1650
University of Michigan Museum of Art