The British Museum, the country’s most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer systems ...

A former British Museum contract worker has been arrested after allegedly shutting down its IT systems, the London-based institution said. Part of the museum's permanent collection was closed on ...

The museum says that a recently dismissed contractor was was able to get back into the building and shut down several systems chrisdorney via Adobe Stock The British Museum is once again ...

The British Museum dismissed an employee after it found that gold jewelry, gems and glass dating back as far as the 15th century B.C. were missing from a storeroom. In a news release, the museum ...

The British Museum has begun recovering some items that were taken from the prestigious institution and sold online, museum chair George Osborne said on Saturday. Osborne’s comments follow ...

The British Museum says it has recovered some more artefacts that went missing from its collection The British Museum said it has found hundreds of missing and stolen objects, bringing the total ...

By Alex Marshall Reporting from London A judge has ordered a former curator who the British Museum says stole hundreds of artifacts to return any gems or jewelry from the institution that are in ...

The British Museum said it has found hundreds of missing and stolen objects, bringing the total number of recovered items to 626. The museum said up to 2,000 items had gone missing or were damaged ...