The redesign of the Western Range of the British Museum, announced earlier this year, is the latest stage of a 272-year-long ...

The British Museum released its annual tally of archaeological items found by the public — and the newest list is record-setting, the museum said this week. Overall, 53,490 archaeological discoveries ...

The British Museum has taken down a prominent bust of its founder, Hans Sloane, whose collection was built using money from his wife’s sugar plantation in Jamaica. The sculpture, by Michael Rysbrack, ...

Critics argue that moving the bust does little to address more commonly cited complaints, including the repatriation of looted artifacts and a need to diversify curatorial staff. Photo by Chris J.

The designer, who regularly stages his shows under the museum's colonnade, argues that no other institution in the world “exemplifies and represents time and culture and history” in the way the ...

Some 4,500 years ago, a prehistoric people built one of the world’s most enduring monuments, the monolithic sarsen slabs of Stonehenge, on what is now Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The ...

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CAIRO (AP) — The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British ...

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

The bronze figurehead of a goddess is one of the highlights of a new exhibition featuring Sudan's ancient Kingdom of Kush, going on display in Stirling. It is the first time the nine items, which have ...