Trying to Recover the British Museum’s Gems, and Its Reputation
The police haven’t charged anybody over the missing artifacts, but the museum is running its own investigations to get the ...
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British Museum Receives Landmark £103.3M Bequest From Sir Joseph Hotung Collection
The British Museum has received one of the most significant donations in its history, with a bequest from Sir Joseph Hotung ...
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British Museum reveals that 2022 bequest from tycoon and former trustee was worth £123m
In 2022 the British Museum hailed a bequest of Chinese antiquities by the late Hong Kong businessman, philanthropist and ...
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British Museum missing more than 1,500 priceless objects
More than 1,500 objects from the British Museum are believed to have been stolen or destroyed by a single thief who went undetected for years, The Telegraph can disclose. The total value of artefacts ...
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British Museum Finds Itself Guilty of Breaking UK Law for Mistreating Collection After 2,000 Items Disappeared
The British Museum has finished investigating its own conduct and concluded that it broke the law after it discovered last year that thousands of artifacts had disappeared from its collection. The ...
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British Museum Admits To Legal Breach In Handling Missing Artefacts
The British Museum has acknowledged that it violated UK laws governing the preservation of national treasures following an ...
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At last, a new chapter for the Reading Room at the British Museum
The British Museum’s Reading Room — where Sylvia Pankhurst and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once worked — has reopened at last.
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From the courts to the British Museum—it’s time to stop hiding from the realities of climate breakdown
Protestors gather in the British Museum’s Great Court in 2022 Photo: BP or not BP? As for protests, the museum has in the past taken the decision to close its doors, and on one occasion bring in ...
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Art Student Pulls Off a (Very Brief) Coin Heist at the British Museum
By Sarah Hurtes Reporting from London A Brazilian artist strolled into the British Museum last month and approached a table where visitors are allowed to interact with historic objects.
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An artist has stolen a coin from the British Museum as part of a performance piece – but is the artwork ethical?
Claire Isabella Gilmour does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant ...
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WSU's art museum celebrates 50 years with a salon-style exhibition through the fall semester
In 1974, the newly opened Washington State University Museum of Art hosted seven exhibitions. The first featured a collection ...
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Artist swaps British Museum coin with fake
A Brazilian conceptual artist swapped a historic British coin for a fake in the British Museum to highlight the large number of foreign objects it holds. Ilê Sartuzi said the idea came to him ...