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British Museum cuts ties with Sackler name

The Sackler name will be removed from galleries, rooms and endowments they supported.

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2022

British Museum removes Sackler family name from galleries

Museum is latest institution to distance itself from family accused of profiting from US opioids crisis

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022

British Museum announces first exhibition on female spiritual beings

A newly acquired icon of the Hindu goddess Kali will feature in the exhibition.

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2022

Londoner’s Diary: British Museum defends move into digital art market

The British Museum dips a toe into NFTs / PinkPantheress on how she broke the US / Sadie Frost relives carefree youth / Dave Benett puts on a party

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2022

The Guardian view on Stonehenge: a dynamic monument

Editorial: A new British Museum exhibition portrays a Stonehenge that changed and developed over 1,500 years. But the desires of its builders still elude us

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2022

Why Parthenon replicas should go to Greece

Letter: It would make more sense to send facsimiles of the sculptures to Athens and keep the originals at the British Museum, writes Michael Daley of ArtWatch UK

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2022

Stonehenge through the ages: Exhibit brings builders to life

A new exhibition at the British Museum in London aims to shed new light on the ancient Stonehenge monument and on the people who built it

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2022

‘Every year it astounds us’: the Orkney dig uncovering Britain’s stone age culture

Archaeologists excavating the windswept Ness of Brodgar are unearthing a treasure trove of neolithic villages, tombs, weapons and mysterious religious artefacts, some to be displayed in a blockbuster exhibition

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2022

The World of Stonehenge review – even the stone axes amaze

British Museum, LondonThis fiercely emotional exhibition venerates the people of ancient Britain, uncovering a mystical landscape of gods and kings

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2022

The World of Stonehenge at the British Museum review: wonder of wonders

This glimpse into an almost entirely unknown England is full of astonishing artefacts that shed light on our early culture

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2022