In February 1897, an expeditionary force of 1,200 British soldiers and African auxiliaries crossed the moats and ancient mud walls around the city of Benin, in what is today southern Nigeria.

A London museum has agreed to return its collection of Benin Bronzes to what is now Nigeria after the priceless ... that were forcibly removed from Benin City during an 1897 British military ...

But an hour’s flight away is Benin City, the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria, which, if whispers in the art world are anything to go by, is hot on Lagos’s heels. Today, Benin City is ...

When Nigeria gained independence, in 1960, it began asking that the objects be returned, but success did not come until recently, when museums began to address colonial wrongs. In Benin City ...

Beautifully cast by expert craftsmen from Benin City in what’s now southwest Nigeria, the Benin Bronzes have been languishing in museums all over the world for almost 125 years. Increasingly ...

Their final destination is expected to be the new Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City, Nigeria, which is set to open in 2025. And here in Washington, Blankenberg is dreaming up an ...

Three U.S. museums transferred ownership of more than two dozen works of art known as the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria Tuesday, part of an effort to return pieces they say were stolen over a century ago.

Germany is helping Nigeria set up a new museum in Benin City where bronzes will be displayed in the future, Baerbock said. “It is my sincere hope that other European countries … will follow in ...

A London museum has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian ... in what is now the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria, during a British military operation ...