LAGOS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - (This Feb. 26 story has been corrected to make clear that the royal museum will house some of, not all, the artefacts, in paragraph 6) Nigeria's national museum ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Netherlands agreed on Wednesday to return a collection of 119 artifacts to Nigeria, the latest objects to be sent back to their homelands as museums grapple with ...

The treasures were subsequently sold and had been displayed at the Wereldmuseum (World Museum) in Leiden. Dutch ambassador-designate, Bengt van Loosdrech, confirmed that Nigeria has been ...

The 119 statues have been mostly housed in Leiden and will now be given to the Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments. The development comes as governments and museums in Europe ...

In the UK, the government-funded Horniman Museum & Gardens in London returned Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in 2022. The British Museum in London, which owns around 900 Benin Bronzes, is prohibited ...

Nigeria's Museum Agrees With Royal Ruler on Custody of Benin Bronzes (This Feb. 26 story has been corrected to make clear that the royal museum will house some of, not all, the artefacts ...

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LAGOS - Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal ruler appointed sole owner and ...