Pressure on British Museum as Oxbridge uni's return stolen artefacts by LeahMahon_
Hundreds of Benin Bronze were stolen from Benin City by British colocial forces
The Nigerian government is developing the Edo Museum of West African Arts, in addition with a storage and study facility for returned artefacts, which will be located next to the Benin City museum.The British Museum, who have hundreds of Benin Bronzes in their possession, are also now facing calls to follow in suit of other British institutions for reparatory justice.
“We are working closely with a range of stakeholders and partners in Nigeria including the Nigerian Government, the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, the Benin Royal Palace, Edo State Government, and the Edo Museum of West African Art Trust . “Deepening public access and understanding, creating new ways and opportunities for collections to be shared and understood right across the world, and forging connections between the present and the past, remain at the core of what the British Museum seeks to achieve.”
In a statement from Oxford University, they said: “On 7 January 2022, the Pitt Rivers Museum received a claim from the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, for the return of 97 objects in the Pitt Rivers and Ashmolean Museum collections that were taken from Benin City by British armed forces in 1897.
“The university is now submitting the case to the Charity Commission, recommending transfer of legal title to the objects to the NCMM.It added: “As one of several UK museums that hold significant materials taken from Benin in 1897, the Pitt Rivers has been involved in long-term research and engagement projects in partnership with Nigerian stakeholders and representatives from the royal court of the Benin kingdom.
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