But the flow is different, with the work from Oceania cutting on a diagonal between the African collection ... looted in 1897 by the British from a kingdom now in Nigeria, ending up in Western ...

How social media is pushing back against the still common idea that African societies never had a knowledge system.

Home to some of the world’s most extraordinary artifacts, from the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles, the British Museum is one of London’s most popular attractions.

Picasso’s fascination with African masks began in 1907 when he came across a Vili figure at the Palais du Trucadero ethnographic museum in Paris. This small figure, originally from Congo, inspired ...

Lina Ghotmeh Architecture leads the British Museum's Western Range redesign, merging history and sustainability in a global cultural milestone.

The British Museum had to close some of its doors to visitors Friday, after a former employee allegedly succeeded in shutting down elements of its IT system. The BBC reports that the museum’s ...

In “Hew Locke, what have we here?”, visitors are asked to consider the legacy of empire and plunder in shaping museum collections.

According to national reports, a University of Oxford museum will not display an African mask because the culture which created it forbids women… ...

An Oxford University museum has been criticised for withholding images of an African mask to stop women seeing it due to a tribe's beliefs.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will showcase works by sculptor and printmaker Bruce Onobrakpeya, considered one the fathers of postcolonial Nigerian modernism. On view June 21 ...

The British Museum could repatriate more contested artefacts despite legal restrictions that hamper a permanent deal for the Elgin Marbles. Treasures were returned last week to Otomfuo Osei Tutu ...