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

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

Now in Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, a restitution claim for the work has been submitted to the Spoliation Advisory Panel

The first-century marble sculpture, likely stolen by an Allied soldier during the Second World War, will go on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art before being repatriated to Bavaria

The Supreme Court's unanimous decision, written by Justice Elena Kagan, revolved around the question of which jurisdiction’s law to apply in cases where a foreign government is sued in US court

Stolen artefacts will be given back to Nigeria, India and a Native American tribe

The case of the Birds' Head Haggadah is the first time a museum in Israel has faced a restitution lawsuit for an object allegedly lost in the Holocaust

The two-metre-tall statue, which the museum acquired for $2.5m in 1986, was allegedly excavated illegally in the 1970s

Repeated requests by Mexican politicians to return the crown have been rebuffed

Victor Ehikhamenor's towering work has been placed beside the building's memorial to the man who led the plunder of the Benin bronzes in 1897

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow acquired moccasins, a necklace and a child’s bonnet after the Wounded Knee Massacre

A group of skulls is being handed over to a Native Hawaiian group during a mission this month to receive dozens of items from German and Austrian museums

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

Four years after a landmark pledge to hand back colonial loot, French government has opposed a new restitution bill backed by the Senate

The mass restitution is expected to be endorsed by the French Senate on 15 February

Ice Skating by Adam van Breen was acquired by Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command, and bequeathed to the city of Trier’s museum in 1987

The auction house will help the Parisian institution research the history of items purchased between 1933 and 1945, which "may lead to restitutions"

Committee led by Jonathan Fine of Vienna’s Weltmuseum may pave the way for new legislation

Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle seeks "proactive repatriation" after "forceful removal" by British troops in 1897

The researchers are investigating the origins of 200 artefacts from Cameroon at Munich’s Museum Fünf Kontinente