The Latest Breaking News from the British Museum

Brazilian artist swaps historical coin in British Museum for a fake

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024

The Parthenon marbles evoke particularly fierce repatriation debates – an archaeologist explains why

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 Conversation · Jun 7, 2024

London Fashion Week Show At British Museum Irks Greece

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.

International Business Times · Feb 19, 2024

Rishi Sunak to reject Greek leader’s appeal for return of Elgin Marbles

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he will raise issue in meetings Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Viral series about Chinese teapot escaping from British Museum to become film

Series with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relics

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023

British Museum director resigns, admits to failings in theft investigation

Museum’s director Hartwig Fischer says that he did not take warning of theft from museum collection seriously enough.

Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2023

Monday briefing: Are the vanished British Museum relics the tip of the iceberg?

In today’s newsletter: As police in the UK launch an investigation into what happened to missing artefacts, an art detective explains why such thefts are so difficult to prevent

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

Thefts by staff a common problem in UK museums, say experts

Former long-term member of staff at London institution says they are ‘shocked at what goes on’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

Man, 37, charged with GBH over British Museum stabbing

A 37-year-old man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a stabbing outside the British Museum.

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2023

British Museum stabbing: Arrest after ‘middle-aged man stabbed in queue’

The victim was rushed to hospital, while a suspect has been arrested on suspicion of GBH

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023