This is the way to deal with racially divisive ‘decolonising’ attempts to rewrite history

Ever since the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, cultural institutions in Britain have been falling over themselves to ...
CNN

A London museum will return its stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria

A London museum has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian government. The Horniman Museum and Gardens, located in south London, announced the transfer in a news ...
Artnet

In a First for the U.K., a Public Museum Has Repatriated Its Collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The Horniman Museum and Gardens in southeast London has restituted its collection of Benin bronzes to Nigeria, becoming the first public U.K. institution of note to do so. At a ceremony held yesterday ...
Artnet

A London Museum Has Put Forth a Plan That Could Make It the Next Institution to Repatriate Benin Bronzes

The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London is home to 15 Benin Bronzes. Benin bronze, Head of a King (Oba), probably 1700s. Deaccessioned by the Fine Arts Committee and Board of Governors, fall 2020.
BBC

Benin Bronzes: Nigeria hails 'great day' as London museum signs over looted objects

A square bronze pendant or ornament, one of the objects the museum says was looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 A UK museum's signing over of its collection of objects looted from the ...
Architects' Journal

Studio Egret West reveals Horniman Museum masterplan

Initial proposals by Studio Egret West to re-masterplan The Horniman Museum’s 6.5ha home in south-east London have been revealed Visitors to the historic museum are being invited to share feedback on ...
The Art Newspaper

London museum makes detailed plans to fight climate crisis—its leader says other museums should follow suit

Six months after declaring an ecological emergency, London’s Horniman Museum and Gardens has published a manifesto detailing how it will advocate for climate action and reduce its own environmental ...
Architects' Journal

Feilden Fowles submits plans for £10m Horniman Museum upgrade

Feilden Fowles has submitted its plans for the £10 million regeneration of the Horniman Museum and Gardens in south-east London The London practice, working with conservationist Fiona Raley ...
The Art Newspaper

'A model for how a traditional museum can become relevant': Horniman Museum in London wins Art Fund's Museum of the Year Award

The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London has won the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year Award 2022. The historic museum, set across 16 acres in Forest Hill, south-east London, was presented with the ...