However, in the case of the Benin Bronzes, selling the artifacts couldn’t be further from Stanley’s mission. Layiwola, whose guidance was critical to the success of the restitution process, introduced ...

The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents voted in 2022 to deaccession a group of 29 Benin bronzes in its collections to Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments.

The return of the Benin Bronzes, looted by British colonial forces in 1897, has become a rallying cry for Nigeria’s cultural restitution movement. Despite promises from Western institutions to ...

Ewuare II is a descendant of the sovereign who reigned over the kingdom when it was ransacked by British colonial soldiers in 1897. Thousands of ‘ Benin Bronzes ‘ – 16th- to 18th-century metal plaques ...

Stanley Museum of Art becomes first U.S. institution to return Benin Bronzes directly to Nigerian royal family Iowa Public Radio | By Josie Fischels Published July 31, 2024 at 12:25 PM CDT ...

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.

Five Benin Bronzes that were donated by Lehman remain in the museum’s collection, including a pendant showing an oba and two dignitaries. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Robert Owen Lehman Collection.

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 ...

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.