British Museum thefts
How a Danish museum was asked to safeguard and then return 290 stolen gems to British Museum
The Danish specialist Ittai Gradel, who first raised alarm about thefts of antiquities from the London museum, and earlier returned 61 gems bought separately on eBay, approached the Thorvaldsens Museum to help in repatriating a second, larger set of stolen pieces
British Museum’s legal action over thefts is ‘locking the stable door after the horse has bolted’, experts say
The museum's former acting head of the Greece and Rome department, Peter Higgs, is facing legal action after being accused of stealing up to 2,000 objects
British Museum interim director backs Parthenon Marbles loan plan with Greece
Mark Jones also says BP deal is the ‘right one’ and announces recovered items show
Who wants to be the next British Museum director? Post advertised with a salary of £216,000
Successful candidate will have their work cut out for them to restore the institution's reputation after last year's theft scandal
The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
Review into British Museum thefts calls for fundamental reforms
The Independent Collection Security Review urges the museum to take urgent action, including fully recording the collection and tough management changes
British Museum releases further details of independent review into thefts
The review team will now liaise with the police for the criminal investigation
British Museum to digitise collection as one million objects are found to be undocumented
George Osborne, the chairman of the trustees, says the thefts began over two decades ago
Questions raised about role of British Museum trustees as thefts crisis progresses
George Osborne, the museum's chair, and the UK culture department are among those in the spotlight in the wake of Roman and Greek objects being stolen
After-shock: why the Parthenon Marbles negotiations must continue
Discussions about the return of the ancient Greek artefacts have likely slipped down the British Museum's list of priorities. Here, Alexander Herman, the author of a just-published book on the subject, tells us why the museum can ill afford to neglect the matter for long
Exclusive: British Museum launches webpage to recover stolen objects—and announces return of 60 items
The museum has also stated that 300 further items are “due to be returned imminently”, and that it has enlisted an international taskforce
British Museum thefts: Mark Jones named interim director of the British Museum
The former V&A director was keeper of coins and medal at the embattled London institution
British Museum thefts: Welsh politicians join the queue in calling for objects to be repatriated
The treasures singled out so far include the Mold Gold Cape and Moel Hebog shield
The Week in Art: The British Museum in crisis—an in-depth look
Plus, the Sāo Paulo biennial and Chaïm Soutine in Düsseldorf
British Museum appoints scientist Carl Heron as acting deputy director
The embattled institution is yet to announce an interim director after the resignation of Hartwig Fischer
'It's time to publish the British Museum's list of stolen items'
Art publications such as The Art Newspaper could offer to publish free-to-access illustrated lists of the 1,500 or more artefacts, says art adviser Ivan Macquisten
British Museum thefts: Chinese state newspaper calls for the return of cultural relics
Article in The Global Times also criticises the UK’s ‘bloody, ugly, and shameful colonial history’
'The last remaining argument against restitution has now been lost'
To make the British Museum fit for the 21st century it must create a comprehensive publicly accessible database of its entire collection, argues Dan Hicks, curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford
Parthenon Marbles deal still on the table despite British Museum theft scandal
Other Greek treasures would come to London in exchange for a loan of the contested sculptures
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer steps down with immediate effect
Fischer, who was set to leave his position next year, made the decision to go now amid the scandal surrounding the theft of objects from the museum's collection
Nigeria doubles down on restitution demands following British Museum thefts
Government official says new claim will be made for Benin Bronzes housed in London
‘I viewed the morning with alarm. The British Museum had lost its charm’
The crisis at the museum raises many questions, including who can take the institution forward from here
The inside job: what the thefts mean for the British Museum's future plans for the collection
Shock losses will have ramifications for the institution's ambitious masterplan, with sponsorship hanging in the balance
British Museum theft: underfunding of UK sector has weakened safeguarding of collections, museums body says
The UK Museums Association also stresses that insider theft is rare—though others disagree
British Museum thefts ‘reinforce’ Parthenon restitution claims, according to Greek minister
Meanwhile, Tory MP accuses Greece of "blatant opportunism" over missing items
Thefts at the British Museum prompted director’s resignation, say media reports
But Hartwig Fischer stepping down is not linked to the alleged thefts, say fresh sources
Media reports identify objects allegedly stolen from British Museum and posted on eBay
The items include a piece of Roman jewellery—reportedly worth between £25,000 and £50,000—being offered with a minimum price of £40
British Museum imposes 'emergency security measures' after staff member allegedly steals priceless artefacts
The museum in London is reckoning with a huge security breach after admitting that jewellery and gems dating back millennia had been removed from its storeroom without detection