The Latest Breaking News from the British Museum

The galleries house ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian and Middle Eastern objects along with the disputed Elgin Marbles.

"Positive" talks between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles have rekindled hope that the ancient friezes could be on their way back to Athens after more than two centuries.

A sex offender has been jailed after an off-duty police officer caught him ‘upskirting’ a woman at the British Museum.

Ilê Sartuzi put original coin in museum donation box as part of project about number of foreign objects in its collection

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman authorities to remove the marbles from the Acropolis in Athens in the early years of the 19th century.

The Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, expressed her anger late on Saturday after a London Fashion week show took place in front of the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum.

Chilean social media users target institution, forcing it at one point to close comments on posts

Repatriation efforts were stymied for decades. But the problem can no longer be stalled

A diplomatic row erupted after Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with the Greek prime minister who wanted to discuss the statues