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British Museum appoints new director after alleged thefts scandal

Nicholas Cullinan, head of National Portrait Gallery, replaces Hartwig Fischer, who resigned over response to allegations

The Guardian - UK

Ex-National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan appointed British Museum director

He was approved by the Board of Trustees and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Evening Standard

British Museum Sues Former Curator Over Artifact Theft

Former curator accused of stealing artifacts from British Museum faces legal action. Museum seeks return of stolen items with significant cultural value.

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British Museum shuts early after protest by pro-Palestine climate activists

Around 200 protesters took part in the demonstration, said Energy Embargo for Palestine

Evening Standard

British Museum closes to visitors as Energy Embargo for Palestine group gathers outside

New protest group is critical of London museum’s sponsorship by BP and seeks to make link with Gaza

The Guardian - UK

Visitors to UK attractions increasing but still below pre-Covid levels

Figures show many still ‘out of the habit’ of visiting museums, galleries, cathedrals, castles and country houses

The Guardian - UK

British Museum bounces back from scandal to be UK's most visited attraction

The British Museum pulled in millions of visitors in a difficult year.

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British Museum under fire for sharing 'sexist' TikTok video about Roman exhibition

The British Museum has defended the video saying that it was intended to be joke

Evening Standard

Ethiopian government tries to stop UK auction of looted Maqdala shield

Proposed sale of Abyssinian artefact taken during 1868 battle triggers appeal for restitution of ‘wrongfully acquired’ item

The Guardian - UK

Landmark new British Museum Michelangelo exhibition to explore the titan's 'demanding' final decades

Opening in May, the major new display will focus on the work the Renaissance master made over the last 30 years of his extraordinary life and career

Evening Standard

William Blake’s Universe review – polymath’s paintings are outclassed by the Germans

A wide-ranging exhibition on the English mystic makes unfortunate comparisons with his European contemporaries who, it turns out, are the far superior Romantics

The Guardian - UK

Tate Modern director Karin Hindsbo: 'Yes we should be 100 per cent funded, but that's not how the world works'

The institution’s new director was all set to leave the museum world for good - until Tate came calling

Evening Standard

British Museum’s social media accounts flooded with calls to return Easter Island statue

The museum ended up turning comments off on at least one post

Evening Standard

Westminster Abbey in discussions to return sacred Ethiopian treasure

The Abbey is in discussions about possible return of looted tablet

Evening Standard

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Legion at the British Museum review: a spine-tingling look at life at the sharp end of Rome's war machine

This breathtaking and exhaustive exhibition shows what life was like for Roman soldiers on the front line

The Guardian - UK

‘Their heads were nailed to the trees’: what was life – and death – like for Roman legionaries?

It was the defeat that traumatised Rome, leaving 15,000 soldiers slaughtered in a German field. As a major show explores this horror and more, our writer finds traces of the fallen by a forest near the Rhine

The Guardian - UK

V&A’s ‘return’ of looted Ghana gold is a new way to tackle Britain’s painful past

A loan deal for the Asante treasures offers a golden opportunity for cultural exchange, argues the museum’s director

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Why Britain is returning plundered artefacts back to Ghana – sort of

In today’s newsletter: 32 pieces of Asante gold are to return home from the British Museum and V&A … but only on loan

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The Guardian - UK

British Museum and V&A to lend Ghana looted gold and silver

Objects to go on show at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi as part of Asante king’s silver jubilee celebrations

LiveScience

'Incredibly rare' 2nd-century Roman armor pieced together like an 'ancient jigsaw puzzle'

Conservators in the U.K. have painstakingly reassembled a piece of Roman armor that was broken into more than 100 pieces.

Evening Standard

Roman armour to go on display after experts complete ‘ancient jigsaw puzzle’

The brass arm guard was previously in more than 100 pieces.

The Guardian - UK

Drawing of Queen Victoria among many items missing from England’s museums

Freedom of information request finds more than 1,700 items are absent from collections

Evening Standard

Tony Blair backed return of Elgin Marbles to boost London’s Olympics bid, released papers reveal

No 10 believed the Parthenon Sculptures could be a ‘powerful bargaining chip’ in the race to host 2012 games

International Business Times

UK Archives Show Parthenon Marbles Role In 2012 Olympics Lobbying

The UK government tried to help Greece secure the Parthenon Marbles on loan two decades ago in a bid to drum up support for London's 2012 Olympics' bid, according to files released Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Blair considered loan of Parthenon marbles to help London Olympics bid

Then PM was advised to ‘encourage’ British Museum to agree long-term loan in return for Greek support

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