The British Museum said in a statement on Dec 19 that British Petroleum (BP) will provide £50 million (~$63 million) in funding over the next decade to help the museum meet its carbon neutrality and facility modernization goals. Climate emergency activists who
Jonathan Williams, the deputy director of the British Museum, is leaving his role. Though the circumstances and timeline of his departure have not been made public, his exit comes on the heels of an inquiry that found the London institution failed to
The British Museum has announced the conclusion of an independent review in the wake a massive theft that saw hundreds of objects stolen from its collection. The institution’s board of trustees has unanimously accepted the recommendations provided in the report. According to
The British Museum has released new details around the theft of 2,000 Greek and Roman antiquities that have shaken public confidence in the institution. The British Museum has recently released the terms of the independent review, which revealed that thefts of various
The British Museum on Sept. 26 launched a webpage describing the types of items believed to have been stolen from its collection, calling on the public to help recover the missing artifacts. One of the British capital’s biggest tourist draws, the museum
A former head of the V&A Museum, who previously suggested the Parthenon marbles could be shared with Greece, has been put forward as the interim director of the British Museum. Sir Mark Jones will replace Hartwig Fischer, who quit after it emerged
The British Museum has appointed Carl Heron as its interim deputy editor after Jonathan Williams “stepped back” from the position after reports that the institution’s management ignored warnings about stolen and missing items from its collection. According to the Daily Telegraph, the
The number of artefacts that have disappeared from the British Museum is estimated at 2,000, Chairman of Trustees George Osborne said, admitting the collection did not have a complete catalogue. The U.K.’s former chancellor described the missing pieces as “small items of
The director, Hartwig Fischer, has spoken out for the first time since the British Museum announced that valuable objects were stolen from its collection. His interview was published in the Guardian. The director confirmed that allegations of missing objects were brought to
Anonymous British Museum staff have told The Telegraph newspaper that the director of the museum, Hartwig Fischer, was forced to resign as a result of a series of alleged thefts from the museum, with calls for him to step down immediately Peter
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