The British Museum was partially knocked offline over the weekend when “an IT contractor who was dismissed last week trespassed into the museum and shut down several of the systems.
27 January 2025
The Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke worked for two years with staff across the British Museum to select objects with which to explore the cultural impact of British Imperialism.
25 November 2024
The trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation announced that their globally renowned collection of Chinese ceramics is being permanently gifted to the British Museum….
14 November 2024
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) worked with printmaking throughout his career, yielding some of the 20th century’s most iconic graphic works.
7 November 2024
The British Museum has received one of the most significant donations in its history, with a bequest from Sir Joseph… Read More
21 August 2024
The British Museum has acknowledged that it violated UK laws governing the preservation of national treasures following an internal investigation… Read More
13 August 2024
The British Museum’s renowned Reading Room, a cornerstone of London’s intellectual history, has officially reopened its doors to the public.
3 July 2024
The FBI is investigating the sale of hundreds of suspected stolen treasures from the British Museum to buyers in the United States.
27 May 2024
The British Museum has made public the investigation and return of 268 objects that were either misplaced or pilfered from its collection.
20 May 2024
Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE has been appointed as the new Director of the British Museum. He will inherit a position marred by staff sackings…
28 March 2024
The British Museum, through its trustees, has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice King’s Bench Division against Peter Higgs…
27 March 2024
The latest government report on museum attendance in the UK has revealed a concerning trend of declining numbers despite the end of pandemic restrictions.
17 March 2024
Approximately 2000 missing, stolen, or damaged objects from the British Museum’s collection, predominantly classical gems and gold jewellery
2 February 2024
The latest British Museum “Masterplan” has been disclosed amid accusations of greenwashing by environmental groups.
19 December 2023
The British Museum is grappling with an internal crisis due to the loss and damage of approximately 2,000 artefacts, including valuable Roman gems.
13 December 2023
In a shocking revelation, the British Museum, a bastion of cultural heritage, admitted it had fallen prey to a massive “inside job…
18 October 2023
Last August, 1,200 to 2,000 valuable objects were reported “missing, stolen or damaged” by officials at the British Museum.
26 September 2023
Mark Jones has been named interim director of the British Museum. He will replace Hartwig Fischer who stepped down last week.
3 September 2023
Hartwig Fischer, the director of the British Museum, has resigned with immediate effect.
26 August 2023
Over the last few days, a new dialogue has opened up in light of the theft of 1200 to 2000 objects by a senior Curator at the British Museum.
22 August 2023
The British Museum has sacked a senior curator who worked at the British Museum for more than 30 years after priceless jewellery and gems vanished from a locked storage cupboard.
16 August 2023
BP’s sponsorship of the British Museum is to end following years of protest.
2 June 2023
Restitution is proving to be a complex and challenging problem for many museums and private collections. This week alone, several cases have been filed. Reputations that were once beyond question have now been brought into question.
25 January 2023
British Museum Close To Parthenon Marbles Deal – Ukraine Banksy Theft Ringleader Faces Imprisonment – Arata Isozaki Japanese Architect Dies Aged 91
5 January 2023
Banksy Pledges Mural To Save Reading Gaol From Developers – Largest Vermeer Retrospective Announced By Rijksmuseum – Monumental Stonehenge Exhibition For British Museum
7 December 2021
The Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid CBE has been awarded the Robson Orr TenTen Award 2021 by the Government Art Collection (GAC).
27 September 2021
Stolen Picasso and Mondrian Paintings Recovered – George Osborne Appointed Chair British Museum – Phyllida Barlow Highgate Cemetery Sculpture
29 June 2021
The Lampedusa cross is made from pieces of a boat that was wrecked on 11 October 2013 near the Italian island of Lampedusa, close to the coast of Tunisia.
10 May 2021
The British Museum is to mount the first major UK exhibition on Nero, one of the most notorious ancient Roman emperors.
22 April 2021
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A print by the American Pop artist Jasper Johns depicting an American flag has been donated to the British Museum. Jasper Johns’s Flags I (1973) was gifted to London’s most popular Museum by the New York-based collectors Johanna and Leslie Garfield.
1 November 2020
The founder of the British Museum Sir Hans Sloane has had his bust removed from a prominent position in the gallery due to his connection to the slave trade. The statue, currently in a cupboard, will now make up part of a display which acknowledges colonial oppression.
25 August 2020
