Tag: British Museum
7 months ago
nationalworld.com

Sir Mark Jones announced as interim director of the British Museum after Hartwig Fischer's resign...

Sir Jones previously worked as director for the V&A

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7 months ago
nationalworld.com

5 daring museum heists where priceless items have been stolen - from books to the Mona Lisa

It took 24 hours to notice the Mona Lisa was missing

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8 months ago
nationalworld.com

British Museum: staff member sacked after precious items 'missing, stolen or damaged'

The pieces include "gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th Century BC to the ...

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8 months ago
nationalworld.com

Two Libyan antiquities worth almost £1M to be returned after being smuggled and hidden by British...

The move comes as the torso of one of the busts was only recently discovered

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9 months ago
nationalworld.com

Poet and translator to sue British Museum for copyright and moral rights infringement

The exhibition was funded by a grant of more than £700,000

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12 months ago
mirror.co.uk

TikTok star slammed after filming herself 'stealing' Canterbury Cathedral cobblestone

TikTokker Arorio Art posted a video of her pulling up a loose cobblestone outside Canterbury Cathedral with the capti...

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about 1 year ago
express.co.uk

US tourists give British Museum one-star reviews because artefacts are 'stolen'

One US visitor to the British museum 'most of the art in there is stolen from countries around the world'.

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about 1 year ago
nytimes.com

Metal Detector Hobbyist Finds a 500-Year-Old Pendant Linked to Henry VIII

Researchers say the jewelry, found in a field outside Birmingham, England, is an extraordinary piece of treasure.

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Harrods comes under siege as protestors hijack bed and sofa displays during protest

Just Stop Oil activists got into a bed and laid on sofas in the Harrods department store, in Knightsbridge, London, b...

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over 1 year ago
telegraph.co.uk

Rosetta Stone is moved for first time in 18 years

The ancient artefact is being displayed in an exhibition amid calls by academics for the British Museum to return it ...

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about 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

British Museum to sell 20 Turner paintings in NFT form

20 watercolours by the English Romantic master will go on sale in digital form next month - with buyers paying in cry...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Osborne’s appointment as museum chair hints heritage institutions are gearing up for a fight in c...

The decision to select Mr Osborne shows the British Museum felt it needed a big name in its corner

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