Move rebuffs George Osborne, the chair of the British Museum, who proposed a new collaborative arrangement

Temperatures might now be cooling, but tensions around the London institution’s ties to the oil giant are reaching boiling point

Officials will loan the ancient sculptures only if they are returned to London

Staff union claims it pressured the V&A and British Museum to take special measures

Project by Oxford’s Institute for Digital Archaeology fuels debate about restitution of controversial sculptures

"The arguments against their return to Greece are no longer tenable," argues art historian and museum professional Eleni Vassilika

"Let’s choose, following Aristotle, historical truth over an emotive friendship," says classical archaeologist Mario Trabucco della Torretta

This Diary's predictions about NFTs, Brexit and Boris Johnson have all come true. But Britain removing image restrictions on art would be the ultimate victory

Clamour grows for reunification as Acropolis Museum in Athens marks 13th anniversary

The comments from the former chancellor signals dramatic shift in museum’s policy and attitude ahead of planned protests this weekend

Hoard of medieval metalwork had been illegally mailed to the UK, and will be sent to Kyiv museum when safe to do so

The UN says it has facilitated a meeting for British officials to discuss restitution with the Greek minister of culture, but Britain denies this

British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum now under scrutiny of Cambodian government

Since the London museum began selling digital versions of works from its collection last September, it has emitted enough carbon to power an average US home for at least 57 years

The removals are the result of a mutual agreement between the museum and the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation

It's time to drag the institution out of its entrenched past and into the 21st century

BP or not BP demonstrated against the museum's partnership with the oil giant over the weekend

Modern science and archaeological recontextualisation of the site will answer some long-looming questions, museum director Hartwig Fischer says

The 5,000-year-old chalk sculpture was discovered on a country estate near the village of Burton Agnes in East Yorkshire

Heir to the throne self-isolates hours after attending events at the National Gallery and British Museum

In giving cultural validity to meaningless reproductions of Turner and Hokusai pieces, The British Museum blurs the lines between real and fake at its peril

The full story of colonial plundering lies not in museum displays but in unopened, uncatalogued boxes in store rooms

Benefactors of his gifts include London's National Gallery, Tate Britain, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and the Royal Opera House

Prices for Ultra Rare editions start at €4,999 but museum sales percentage remains under wraps

Exhibition 'The World of Stonehenge'—opening in February 2022—presents the site in the context of Bronze Age Europe

Newly released documents from the 1990s state: "This is an issue on which we can never win"

The British Prime Minister met with Greek leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who reiterates that the ancient sculptures should be shown at the Acropolis Museum

Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants to send ‘cultural treasures’ in exchange for ‘stolen’ sculptures

From a gory dive into Peruvian culture to a reappraisal of Hogarth's xenophobia

Archaeologists and museum professionals "urge" institution to cut ties with British Petroleum company