On 19 February 2025, a significant moment in history unfolded in Leiden, Netherlands. A signing ceremony confirmed the ...

Nigeria is on a quest to recover thousands of intricate bronze sculptures and castings that were looted by British soldiers during a raid on the then-separate Kingdom of Benin, located in what is ...

Who owns stolen art? Today on the show, the bloody journey of a Benin Bronze from West Africa to the halls of one of England's most elite... The Kingdom Behind Glass Who owns stolen art?

The Benin Monarch, Omo N’oba N’edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has received two artefacts from the Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa, in the United States. These artefacts—a wooden ...

The Netherlands has become the latest country to agree to return the Benin Bronzes, works of art looted by the British from the Kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, in 1897. The Dutch ...

The Benin Bronzes are a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin. Created between the 14th and 16th century, British soldiers ...

Thousands of these culturally significant sculptures and carvings were stolen during the violent destruction of Benin City, in modern-day Nigeria's Edo state, in 1897. Despite the name ...

The sculptures, prized for their beauty and ... a point of pain for the descendants of those from the ancient Benin kingdom. This move may increase pressure on other institutions to return the ...