An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...

These artifacts speak volumes. They speak in terms of materiality ... was directly linked to the trade in African cultural heritage objects, including the Benin bronzes, and that the descendants of ...

This innovative documenntary looks at the transfer of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey from France to Benin, ...

These are often called 'Benin Bronzes', however most are actually made of brass rather than bronze. Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. I’d like to show you around the Benin civilisation.

In 2019 France announced the return of 26 artifacts that had been looted from the Royal Palaces of Abomey to the modern-day Republic of Benin, but dozens of Benin Bronzes still remain in the ...

The Smithsonian repatriated 29 of these co-called "Benin Bronzes" in its collection in 2022, and borrowed nine back from the Nigerian government for the exhibition. An artifact on display in the ...