Antiquities experts are always on the lookout for fake artifacts, but one haul analyzed by staff at the British Museum took the biscuit. Two metal trunks shipped from Bahrain to the UK were opened by ...

The British Museum, embroiled in a high-profile theft scandal, is fending off restitution demands from several countries, with China most recently joining demands for the London institution to return ...

The British Museum has announced plans to digitize its entire permanent collection, totaling over eight million pieces, as reported by ARTNews. The museum announced the move as part of ongoing efforts ...

With much of world on lockdown, now’s a good time to get around to tasks you’ve long putting off. For London’s British Museum, that includes adding objects and images to its online collections ...

Following a highly publicized string of thefts by a staff member, the British Museum in London announced it will digitize its collection in a bid to document its holdings and make them known to the ...

An employee at the British Museum has been dismissed — and the Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation — after a number of items from the museum’s collection were found to be “missing, ...

Being stuck inside is not the problem. The problem is never leaving our house. We’d love being quarantined inside one of the world’s greatest museums. But while we don’t expect to be jet setting ...

The British Museum has solicited the public’s help in finding an estimated 2,000 artifacts that had been stolen from the institution’s collection over the course of several years. The famed museum ...

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits. ByDavid ...

From the stone that unlocked hieroglyphics to towering statues and eerie mummies, the British Museum’s Ancient Egypt collection is a must-see for history lovers. ByDavid Nikel, Senior Contributor.

In March, the Charity Commission signed off on the Sir Percival David Foundation’s decision to gift its namesake’s extraordinary collection of Chinese treasures—including a pair of blue-and-white ...