Restitution Study Group have lost their first legal battle but insist the case is still pending

A Holocaust restitution case over the Bird’s Head Haggadah, the oldest manuscript of its kind, has been dismissed by the New York Supreme Court on behalf of the Israel Museum

In speech at the annual trustees dinner George Osborne said that "dismantling" the collection "must not become the careless act of a single generation”

The work, which has been in Eindhoven's Van Abbemuseum since the early 1950s, originally belonged to a collector who died in the Holocaust

"Digital Benin" catalogue gathers together information on objects stolen from the Kingdom of Benin and now held in collections around the world

The 16th-century mask was withdrawn from sale at Sotheby’s over a decade ago amid escalating calls for restitution

The 1983 National Heritage Act was debated in the House of Lords—but the issue of reform will be further discussed ahead of its 40-year anniversary in May 2023

The National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum marked the return of the sculptures with a ceremony in Washington, DC

Munich-based foundation follows other German institutions in quest for transparency, disclosing ownership of 1,200 works acquired since 1933 with over 500 pieces flagged as "former Nazi property"

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

Westminster Abbey, which is directly under the monarch’s jurisdiction, currently refuses to return the holy tablet

Putin's decree to permanently occupy four regions of Ukraine means thousands of artefacts will become property of Russia

Up to 62 works in the collection, including paintings by Joaquín Sorolla and François Boucher copies, could be returned to their original owners under the current investigation

Putin’s international cultural envoy, Mikhail Shvydkoy, says Poland’s request has no legal grounds

Twenty years since its conception and at a cost of around €680m, the new German museum must now follow through on its restitution promises

The coin, a Quarter Shekel valued at $1m, was looted in from Israel in 2002 and had been headed for auction before being recovered by US Homeland Security agents in 2017

Museum’s director Tristram Hunt wants to loosen regulations on restituting artefacts seized by British forces in the 19th century

Here are three big challenges they will face—and what to do about them

The artefacts could be exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before traveling to Athens

The former Egyptian antiquities minister leans into the current restitution conversation, calling again for the return of three prized antiquities from European museums

The new state regulation, signed into law by Governor Hochul, requires museums to install placards or other signage alongside works on view that were looted by the Nazis during the Second World War

The group of figures, known as “Orpheus and the Sirens”, is one of four artefacts the museum is repatriating to Italy based on new evidence

Major restitution development coincides with publication of new Arts Council England guidelines

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

Tristram Hunt aims to start a “conversation” about the act next year, arguing that some items should be allowed to be restituted or deaccessioned

More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums

The head of Eros—which has been held by the London institution for 90 years—has been reunited with its sarcophagus at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Berlin Biennale conference will focus on "decolonising" arts and culture

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

Five years ago President Macron took the museum world by surprise when he announced a then-revolutionary restitution plan. Now the country’s politicians are at odds about how to implement it