A museum in southeast London agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under pressure to repatriate artifacts
acquired during the colonial era.
A Times article last year reported that at least 38 American museums — including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and UCLA’s Fowler Museum — housed more than 120 Benin sculptures of questionable provenance.LACMA and UCLA’s Fowler Museum ponder repatriation of so-called Benin bronzes stolen during an 1897 slaughter by British colonists.
Nigeria and Germany recently signed a deal for the return of hundreds of Benin Bronzes. That followed French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision last year to sign over 26 pieces known as the Abomey Treasures, priceless artworks of the 19th century Dahomey kingdom in present-day Benin, a small country that sits just west of Nigeria.Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture formally asked the British Museum to return its Benin Bronzes in October of last year.
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A London museum will return its stolen Benin bronzes to NigeriaThe Horniman Museum and Gardens in London has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian government.
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UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to NigeriaThe decision comes after Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments formally asked for the artifacts to be returned earlier this year following a consultation with community members, artists and schoolchildren in Nigeria and the UK.
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UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to NigeriaA London museum has agreed to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under pressure to repatriate artifacts acquired during the colonial era.
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London's Horniman Museum to return Benin Bronzes to NigeriaLondon's Horniman Museum said on Sunday it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government.
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London's Horniman Museum to return Benin Bronzes to NigeriaLondon's Horniman Museum said on Sunday it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government.
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