German authorities last month returned the first of more than 1,100 priceless sculptures to Nigeria, following examples set by Jesus College at Cambridge University and the Quai Branly museum in Paris last year. The Horniman said Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM)...
Germany returned 22 Benin Bronzes — looted plaques and sculptures from Benin — to Nigeria on Tuesday. 周二,德国向尼日利亚归还了22件贝宁铜器——从贝宁掠夺来的金属牌匾和雕塑。 The artifacts were taken from the Kingdom of Benin — in what is now Southwestern Nigeria, not to be confused with t...
At a virtual conference hosted byColumbia Universityon April 9, academics and museum professionals argued “vigorously” against a long-held notion: the idea that the bronzes are “safer” at institutions in the United States and Europe than in Nigeria’s “small but growing museu...
A looted Benin Bronze known as the Okukur is returned to Nigeria during a ceremony at Jesus College in Cambridge, the United Kingdom, on Oct 27, 2021. PA The University of Cambridge will return more than 100 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria. 近日,剑桥大学宣布,将向尼日利亚归还100多件曾遭到...
BENIN BRONZES: GERMANY-NIGERIA JOINT DECLARATIONHerman, AlexanderArt, Antiquity & Law
the Horniman Museum, in London, held a ceremony to transfer ownership of 72 objects, including bronzes, to Nigeria’s government, and immediately returned six to Nigerian hands. A museum spokesperson said the other 66 items would stay in London, on loan from Nigeria, for at least the next ...
to the idea of permanent returns of Benin Bronzes want to be seen to be helpful. These include the British Museum, which has almost 1,000 Bronzes and has agreed in principle to lend some back to Nigeria, and the Met, which has some 180 Bronzes, the vast majority of which came from ...
Should the Benin Bronzes be returned ks2? The bronzes were among the spoils seized from the palace. They were therefore stolen. ... The Benin Bronzes are part of the cultural heritage of the people of the Kingdom of Benin, and Nigeria more broadly, and they should bereturned to them as...
African Art (EMOWAA)—a planned cultural institution set to be built on the site of the razed city—promises to not only restore some of Benin City’s ruins to their former glory but also act as a home for the array of looted artifacts being returned to Nigeria by ...
It is a victory in a global effort by countries to press Western institutions to return culturally vital artifacts. This reminded me of the push to repatriate the famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The Benin Bronzes are not actually from the country of Benin; they originate from the ancient King...