Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means for restitution policies.

In a ceremony at the Nigeria House in New York Friday, the Museum of Fine Arts transferred two artworks to the Benin kingdom that had been looted in the late 19th century. Andy Henderson/Museum of ...

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from present-day Nigeria more than a century ago. They were donated to the MFA in ...

The Netherlands has returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell. The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed ...

ABUYA, Nigeria (AP) — Holanda le devolvió el jueves a Nigeria 119 artefactos saqueados a finales del siglo XIX, entre ellos figuras humanas y animales, placas, insignias reales y una campana.

It took more than a century but they are finally home. The Netherlands have returned 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, nearly 130 years after they were looted by British colonial troops.

Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless "Benin Bronze" artefacts looted more than 120 years ago, the country's museum commission and the Dutch embassy said ...