Throughout its history, the British Empire has taken countless artifacts from its colonies and other countries. Governments and activists have since called for the repatriation of these cultural ...

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...

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. Commemorative head, 16th–17th century.

The wealthy donor who pledged them to the museum asked they be returned to him amid talks to transfer ownership to their African land of origin There is not much time left to view the masterful and ...

The traditional ruler of the Benin Kingdom in southern Nigeria has welcomed a US museum’s decision to return two precious artefacts stolen by British forces in the 19th century. In a ceremony at the ...

History came full circle in a powerful display of culture and justice as 119 looted Benin artefacts were returned by the Netherlands to the palace of Oba Ewuare II. The repatriation—the largest ever ...

The Benin Kingdom is one of the most long lasting and flourishing monarchies in the world but it started from somewhere. The first king of the Benin kingdom was Eweka 1, son of the Yoruba prince ...

An historic event will happened in the land of the Igodomigodo today. The ancient Benin Kingdom, which used to be called Igodomigodo, will have a new Oba. The Crown Prince of the kingdom, Prince ...