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

This major London show, marking the 200th anniversary of the country's independence, does not flinch from the bloodiest aspects of Inca culture

The poor condition of the London museum’s Greek and Assyrian galleries—with roofs in disrepair causing long closures—is adding to calls for the restitution of the contested works

Following restitution of a cockerel sculpture by Jesus College, the University of Aberdeen will hand over another looted artefact in a ceremony today

Previously thought to be Korean, the brush washer has been newly identified as being nearly 1,000 years old and manufactured at the imperial Ru kiln

Now housed in the British Museum’s Enlightenment Galleries, the mystical object used for occult investigations matches samples found in Mexico, researchers find

Greece's culture minister says the issue is of intergovernmental nature rather than a matter for the British Museum

The institution has partnered with French start-up LaCollection to auction the non-fungible tokens, coinciding with its exhibition of the Japanese artist's work

A leaking roof has delayed the reopening of seven galleries of Greek art

Eight vessels from the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut will undergo conservation thanks to €25,000 grant from Tefaf fund

Expert matches painter's journal entry detailing trip to Zum Spiegel in Aachen with sketch which is currently on show in major exhibition

The former chancellor's instalment echoes the selection of Lord Armstrong as chair of the V&A, which had serious consequences for the museum

We asked English institutions to provide figures for the four-week period from 17 May to gauge current demand

Ex-politician, who presided over austerity cuts to culture, takes up the position on 4 October

Plus, London Gallery Weekend and Nina Katchadourian on her adopted grandmother's embroidery

From Matthew Barney's American survivalist film to Emma Stern's "porn-adjacent" virtual avatars