The Art Newspaper sheds light on the dispute, though the end is not yet in sight

The museum’s archive reveals how air raids threatened the collection and George V intervened to stop the building being requisitioned

The return of objects is not just an international issue—domestic claims can also offer insights.

The gallery was beaten to the post by the British Museum

Leading institutions absent from meeting in Nigeria to foster international co-operation

11 of the museum's works will be exhibited alongside 40 others loaned from around the world

It’s a Late Stone Age horse, of course?

More exhibitions are hit by the loans boycott as Turkey pushes for restitution

The Tate says all detailed entries will be available online by 2014, but critics fear loss of scholarship

Despite the recession, the British Museum, Tate and V&A attract major donations

Multiple claims for antiquities at New York’s Met, major exhibitions hit at London’s British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum

Out of a total of £193m, Tate's gifts by the likes of Hockney, Hirst, Bonnard and Bacon total £147m

Loan of relic caught up in international political tensions

Exhibition aims to unravel the mysteries of the Hajj to non-Muslims

This development has done little to alleviate lingering tensions between Iran and Britain

Both have set up acquisition committees concentrating on the region

The museum director has reassured Iran's vice president that the wait does not mean the loan has been called off

Unesco intergovernmental committee is now seeking “a mutually satisfactory resolution to the issue”

Fragile treasure, “Moctezuma’s Crown”, is subject of restitution claims

The British Museum pledged to send over the rare cuneiform cylinder in exchange for Iran's ample contributions to previous shows

Treasures lost in the punitive sacking of Maqdala are subject to restitution claims

The situation at the Baghdad Museum remains bleak but thieves are less of a problem at archaeological sites

A Monet suffered a 10cm tear from being punched

Visitor numbers are expected to rise to 3 million this year

Leading organisations to abolish reproduction charges for scholarly publications

The British Museum show will travel to another four venues

Organisation had insisted he demand return of drawings held by the British Museum, but he wanted financial compensation

Despite a lack of evidence suggesting that the basalt stele was excavated illegally, the Turkish government are making a bid to regain the artefact

The shift in policy follows over 30 recent claims for restitution