Police said they wanted to talk to four unidentified men, all wearing caps or hoodies, seen in the CCTV images carrying bags in the early hours.

The British Museum has launched a new scheme that will see it share artifacts in its collection with museums in former ...

More than 600 items, including military medals and jewellery from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire, were stolen from a UK museum in ...

There are only a handful of bark art examples from the Dja Dja Wurrung in Australia, and they’re leagues away from their place of origin. A new exhibition of indigenous art of Australia at the British ...

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits. ByDavid ...

Over 600 culturally significant artefacts were stolen from Bristol museum's archive in a raid on September 25. Four men targeted items from the British Empire and Commonwealth collection. Police are ...

More than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a U.K. museum in September, police said Thursday. Avon and ...

The British Museum in London has often been accused of cultural imperialism and colonialism, particularly by the U.K.’s ethnic minorities. There is a bitter dispute about many famous pieces acquired ...

The Rosetta Stone was taken from Egypt by British troops in 1801. Detail of the Rosetta Stone, on view at the British Museum in London, 2022. Photo: Amir Makar / AFP via Getty Images. The long-awaited ...

The British Museum's “Gladiators of Britain,” now at the Grosvenor Museum, sheds fresh light on the realities of spectacle in the northern reaches of the Roman Empire. A tinned, bronze gladiator’s ...

The once and always profiteer of colonial looting is once again getting flak in the wake of the Louvre heists. Its reputation as a symbol of imperial looting is so cemented that as soon as the robbers ...