In the meantime, at least some of the bronzes from the Horniman will be transferred to the Benin City National Museum, allowing local citizens to have permanent access to them for the first time.

Ngaire Blankenberg, director of the National Museum of African Art, which removed the Benin bronzes from view last fall, said the moment reflects a shift in the museum’s practices.

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 ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — In a ceremony Tuesday morning, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art formally transferred ownership of 29 Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The bronzes are a small part ...

Ngaire Blankenberg speaking at a Benin Bronze repatriation ceremony in Oct. 2022. AP Images for Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Ngaire Blankenberg, director of the Smithsonian’s ...

Finland has returned a ceremonial stool that was looted from what is now Benin by French forces more than a century ago, a gesture that officials from both countries described as a milestone in the ...

The British Museum alone holds more than 900 objects from Benin, and National Museums Scotland has another 74. Others were distributed to museums around the world. The artifacts include plaques ...

Leena Talvitie officially handed over a ceremonial royal stool, known as a katakle, to Beninese Minister of Tourism, Culture ...

Benin's President Patrice Talon and his accompanying delegation, visited the National Museum of Qatar Monday, where he met ...

In Benin, a 'kataklè' - a ceremonial stool, and the final piece of the royal treasure of Abomey - has been returned by ...

However, one of the katakles was separated from the collection and had ended up in Finland's National Museum. "The process for returning the royal katakle back to Benin is an example of the power ...