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2 days ago · Thief at the British Museum. In August 2023, news broke that the British Museum had been the victim of theft. Headlines around the world reported that thousands of items in its collection...
3 days ago · The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
5 days ago · British Museum recovers more stolen works but over 800 objects still missing. The British Museum has recovered a further tranche of stolen and missing objects from its collection. Alex Capon. 24 May 2024. Sara Aly of the British Museum's Recovery Programme inspecting some of the recovered artefacts. Image courtesy of the British Museum.
4 days ago · A short video series, which tells the story of a jade teapot that miraculously comes to life and embarks on a journey from the British Museum to its homeland in China, has touched a chord with millions of viewers, intensifying calls for the museum to repatriate relics that were unlawfully taken away from the country.
4 days ago · The British Museum announced on its website that the museum has a collection of 23,000 Chinese cultural relics, which is believed to be the largest collection outside of China. A Chinese short video series that has gone viral on social media has sparked heated discussions about the return of Chinese cultural relics from overseas.
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5 days ago · 24th May 2024. On Thursday night, the Oxford Union voted against the motion ‘This House Believes British Museums Are Not Very British.’. The final count had 95 members voting for the motion and 155 members voting against. Speaking in favour of the motion was former Conservative Minister for Culture the Rt Hon. Lord Vaizey of Didcot PC.
1 day ago · British Museum, in London, comprehensive national museum with particularly outstanding holdings in archaeology and ethnography. Among its most famous pieces are the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, and treasures from the ship burial found at Sutton Hoo.
