The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...

A group of European tourists has called for the return of remaining artefacts looted from the Benin Kingdom by the British in 1897.The group, comprising 11 Slovenians and one Croatian, visited Benin ...

By: Dr Patrick Akhere EbojeleBenin City’s story has always been one of resilience, history, and reinvention. From its origins as the political and cultural heart of the ancient Benin Empire, the ...

The wealthy donor who pledged them to the museum asked they be returned to him amid talks to transfer ownership to their African land of origin There is not much time left to view the masterful and ...

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from present-day Nigeria more than a century ago. Commemorative head, 16th–17th century.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) recently announced the closure of its Benin Kingdom Gallery and the return of two bronzes from its collection to the emperor of Benin, the Oba, in Nigeria. This ...

The traditional ruler of the Benin Kingdom in southern Nigeria has welcomed a US museum’s decision to return two precious artefacts stolen by British forces in the 19th century. In a ceremony at the ...

The Federal High Court has been urged to restrain the promoters of the controversial Museum of West African Contemporary Culture and Arts (MOWAA) and their agents from establishing, opening or ...